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There's still the Win7 desktop and ability to run normal Windows software, it's just hidden under the Metro coloring book. Click the desktop tile (it should be
by Piskvorrr 14y ago
There's still the Win7 desktop and ability to run normal Windows software, it's just hidden under the Metro coloring book. Click the desktop tile (it should be turquoise with a picture of a fish), and voila, there's the familiar Windows desktop again (see e.g. this: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/02/28/Click_the_Desktop_tile_to_get_to_the_familiar_Windows_desktop_610x343.png http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/02/28/Click_the_Deskto... ). Start menu is gone, but there are third-party replacements.
- timmm 14y agoOk so all the normal programs should be compatible just fine then? Also that must mean the windows 8 for laptops is different than the windows 8 for touch and mobile devices.
- evilgenius134 14y agoThere is Windows phone 8 and Windows 8, they are different operating systems, both have design and support for touch systems.
- byoung2 14y agoThere is also Windows RT, which us Windows 8 for ARM devices