XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,   
   microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   knuttle wrote:   
      
   > I don't have Windows 8, but I am in a situation where my computers are   
   > getting old and may need to be replaced.  In my investigations I have   
   > been told that the that horrible new interface can be turned off and you   
   > can use a XP like interface.   
   >   
   > I sure hope this is true because I don't want to spend a large chunk of   
   > my time on the computer chasing my programs around the screen.  It is   
   > bad enough having to open multiple menus and then when you find the one   
   > you want, have the open menus collapse and you have to start over.   
      
   I've read, and been told be people who I tend to believe, that Win 8 is   
   *very* nice on a touch screen... and absolute crap on regular, non-touch   
   workstations.   
      
   --   
   She faced her doom this time around like a gambler with a pat hand.   
   Oblivion was bluffing. Showboating, even.   
      
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