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Maybe, I suppose it depends on how you use it. I've been using the consumer release Windows 8 on my personal laptop for about a month now, and I honestly haven
by bunderbunder 14y ago
Maybe, I suppose it depends on how you use it. I've been using the consumer release Windows 8 on my personal laptop for about a month now, and I honestly haven't even seen the Metro version since then. I know it's there, but the desktop version's generally quicker and easier to get to.
As far as the whole "mobile/not mobile" thing goes, I think that ambiguity is totally inescapable on Windows 8. Windows 8 has an identity complex, and is full of bits of UI that were clearly designed for touchscreen devices but are also used on the desktop OS. But I don't think the fact that they're available negates the fact that they're primarily optimized for a mobile experience. It's more just a symptom of Microsoft trying (and, as illustrated by cases like this, not necessarily succeeding) to shoehorn a mobile experience and a desktop experience into the same environment.