XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,   
   microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: geicoman@home.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:22:58 +0000 (UTC), "Auric__"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
      
   I wonder why they didn't just flip over to the other interface.   
      
   (I also wonder why this is being crossposted to hell and back.)   
      
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