I have to admit, this new Windows 8 approach has one aspect that is surprisingly reminiscent of how I saw the whole Windows CE product up to version 6. That is,

I have to admit, this new Windows 8 approach has one aspect that is surprisingly reminiscent of how I saw the whole Windows CE product up to version 6. That is, trying to cram as much as possible of the Windows desktop into a form factor it was never going to function well in (both due to UI and performance). Now I could be wrong that this is the reason why Windows CE 6.x and below failed to gain much popularity, but it is why I found it never got my attention no matter how much I wanted it to.