Windows 8

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(2012-11-11 21:28)Malibu Wrote:  I thought, let's give it a chance. So I went down to a major media store to test it on one of their devices. One word, rubbish.

It's called Windows, yet there are no Windows?

There's a "Desktop" tile. Click it and you get the full desktop.



I've played with the Release Preview on a VM, I'll have a go at running in it on real hardware at some point.

On the whole, it's very similar to W7 to use, although the start menu is fullscreen and has apps if you want to bother with them. It's a bit clunky in places for mouse uses, but can be mostly ignored.

The task manager has had an overhaul, as has a few other admin tools iirc. They've also improved some file handling stuff.
Underneath, it's a bit more efficient and has various kernel improvements. They're also pushing 'native' (C++) stuff more and relying a bit less on .Net runtimes.

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(2012-11-11 21:50)Stunna Wrote:  Does it even have a taskbar like windows 7?

Yep. Just no start button

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