On 06/01/12 09:24, Alan Bourke wrote:

> Have it in a VM. Still completely unconvinced that the Metro overlay

> will make any sense for serious desktop users, especially in the

> corporate world. Once you get back to the desktop, I can't see any

> changes that would compel you to move from Windows 7.

>

> So for me Microsoft realise this and I think their main focus is on the

> ARM version, and touch-screen devices.

It does seem obvious that the Metro version is not seriously intended

for use by desktop business applications. Combine that with the fact

that their first release was a 'Developer Preview', and I conclude that

the primary reason for Metro was to provide a development environment

for portable devices.

Unfortunately, in the rush to the Cloud/Pad market, it seems several

things got left out of the business-as-usual half of things.

I foresee a long Win 7 period, followed by a leapfrog over Win 8 to

whatever follows it.

Dan Covill

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