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From: "Tim Rude" 
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"Bert"  wrote in message 
news:XnsA12DA66586A0AVeebleFetzer@216.196.97.142...
> In news:mho1d8pttbketmb4d9abm1da1at6hgo0ut@4ax.com "Ken Blake, MVP"
>  wrote:
>
>> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you don't,
>> it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7,
>
> So, what's the "value add" from Windows 8 for people who use their PCs
> for more than children's games?
>
> -- 
> bert@iphouse.com St. Paul, MN

Not much that I can see.

It seems to start and shut down a little bit quicker (once you can find the 
shut down option), and I thought the on-the-fly benchmarking when copying 
files was kinda neat. But otherwise, meh.

The wasted drive space from having all of the duplicated metro cr'apps is a 
downer. And if you don't run something like Start8 to give you back a 
sensible desktop and start menu, it's a nightmare.

Tim Rude 
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