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> the desktop that you've grown used to in Windows 7 is still present, albeit as an app Interesting parallel with the introduction of Windows. Windows 3.1 stil

> the desktop that you've grown used to in Windows 7 is still present, albeit as an app Interesting parallel with the introduction of Windows. Windows 3.1 still ran entirely on top of DOS; but DOS was demoted in Windows 95 and replaced entirely in Windows NT, from which point it has run as a VM on top of the OS.

lloeki 15y ago
Is the Windows 7 Desktop a self-contained app in Windows 8, or is Windows 8 Metro UI a front-end atop the Windows 7 Desktop?
Rusky 15y ago
Add to that the fact that Hyper-V is part of Windows 8 - interesting possibilities.