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He seems to be using the Surface RT in desktop mode in that video. I thought this was not supposed to be possible, is that untrue?
by jiggy2011 14y ago
He seems to be using the Surface RT in desktop mode in that video. I thought this was not supposed to be possible, is that untrue?
- kenjackson 14y agoThere's a full desktop on Surface RT. I was rather surprised that it was a nearly full feature desktop. You can run full batch scripts, copy files, etc... You can't install applications on it though.
- danieldk 14y agoIt currently exists for Office, because it isn't fully ported to Metro yet.
- richbradshaw 14y agoTo be fair, it's not as if the Office team had a heads up that a table would be sold with marketing specifically explaining that it runs Office, whilst simultaneously being sold on the new Modern UI. Oh, wait, my mistake.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThe Office team is notorious for getting their way inside MS, from what I understand. Which could very well include "we won't be touching WinRT with a 40 foot pole". More practically speaking, "portable" is a word that I highly doubt describes the Office codebase. If there's a team working on a Metro version, I do not envy them at all.
- sounds 14y agoThe videos clearly show him using the Windows 8 UI to launch Office, open a document, then later to launch Mail.
- dangrossman 14y agoWindows 8 and Windows RT are the same OS. Both have the desktop, with all the standard desktop features. Taskbar, system tray, Explorer, control panels, etc. The only difference between the two is that Windows RT can only install apps from the Windows Store, which are all Metro apps.