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Originally Posted by murraypaul
That's precisely what I dislike about it.
They have essentially sandwiched two unconnected UIs into one OS.
Apps written for the 'Windows 7' interface look and feel completely different to apps written for the 'Windows 8' interface. That is a useability nightmare.
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No. What they have done is separate content consumption from content creation. That's the whole 'best of both worlds' approach. When you boot the machine, you are in the metro world -- live tiles, scrolling screens, and full screen apps unencumbered by scroll bars and such. It's pretty cool when you are watching a movie or surfing the web or playing a game. When you need to get down to business, you click the desktop tile and you are in a multitasking, cut and paste, content creation environment.
The metro interface is what amazon and apple have been running on their devices with success. Microsoft is just conceding the appeal of that UI. At the same time, they are offering the more productive among us the venerable windows desktop.