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I don't understand what you mean. Microsoft has said you'll still be able to access the file system from Metro. You'll still be able to access hardware device

I don't understand what you mean. Microsoft has said you'll still be able to access the file system from Metro. You'll still be able to access hardware devices and system settings too. So how is it any more of a shell than what Apple has done?

WayneDB 15y ago
Because in Win8, Metro is a completely separate shell that exists independently of the existing Windows shell. In Lion the new iPad-like interfaces are directly integrated into the existing OS X shell.