On 28/08/2013 11:09 AM, scott wrote:
>>> You do realise if you get the "desktop" version of Win8 you get the
>>> standard Win7-like desktop too? It's only the "RT" version for low
>>> powered mobile devices that consists solely of the new GUI.
>>
>> If that's only the cut-down version, then why is all the marketing
>> material based on it?
>
> Because it's the new and flashy bit and that's what sells stuff.

If by "new and flashy" you mean "approximates the graphical capabilities 
of home computers 30 years ago" then, sure...

>> Also, the laptop we purchased to test Windows 8 with came with that
>> awful UI too, so...
>
> If it doesn't have a touch screen then I don't see any reason to use the
> new GUI.

It doesn't have a touchscreen.

Then again, when you buy stuff cheap off ebay... I guess you should just 
be glad it actually functions at all.

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