CARROLL MCALLISTER -> Alan Zisman said the following
 on 9/21/2011 9:47 PM:

 CM> I don't know why they're not producing two versions, one for
 CM> tablets, and one for desktops.  At least, that makes more
 CM> sense than the way they're doing things in this preview
 CM> release...

 CM> Microsoft finally gets Windows right (at least, post-XP) in
 CM> Windows 7, then they want to mess it up??

Microsoft seems to be consistent with this teeter-totter pattern:

Win3.1: good
Win95: bad
Win98: good
WinME: bad
WinXP: good
Vista: bad
Win7: good

So.. we should be able to predict how Win8 will fare.

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