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One thing you notice right off with the Win 8 tv spots and how they glorify how easy things are is what? Well notice the tablet they are using in the ad spot! MS just simply pushed 8 out in desktop form so they can say they are back on their 2-3yrs. schedule for each newer version while 8 should have been correctly named "Windows RT Desktop Ed." not Windows 8 since it breaks away from the familiar desktop platform.
Why RT Desktop Edition? The answer to that is simple since Windows 8 is not geared for the desktop but Tablet to embedded platforms where touch and swipe screen technology is the norm! "oh gee you still point and click on the LARGE BUTTONS! to run Our new form of "8"(or whatever it actually is) on your desktops and laptops!"
Now gut out half of any OS and naturally it will start up a bit faster ruling that being a plus factor! Windows CE loads up faster then anything else but you won't want it for much! IE is super limited. Almost virtually no options as you would normally see for any preinstall if not custom install OS! Convenience and small screen hand held devices only!
As for Windows 8 it is too far broken to be fixed for me. I hope common sense returns for Windows 9 and we see the return of the desktop OS with Aero graphics and the regular conventional start menu. As far as I can tell the juggernaut that is Microsoft is sailing toward the iceberg with Windows 8 and no one has the marbles to say "Hey maybe we should put 7 back on desktops and most laptops and leave 8 to touch screens and some laptops". Windows 7 SP2 would be a good idea too with the under the hood fixes 8 got. If they did that 8 would be a niche product which anyone with a bag of marbles can see it already is. All that BS of 100 million licenses sold. I wonder how many are "downgraded" to 7, Vista or even XP? Or even sitting in the OEM's warehouses.
