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A bit of anecdata: My niece got a cheap laptop last year for homework with Windows 8 on it. This christmas she asked 'santa' for a windows phone, because she's
by codeulike 13y ago
A bit of anecdata: My niece got a cheap laptop last year for homework with Windows 8 on it. This christmas she asked 'santa' for a windows phone, because she's used to the interface. And this is in a household where everyone's had iPod Touchs and access to an iPad for years.
So there at least, the 'make everything metro' strategy seems to have worked out.
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