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   From: timrude.nospam@nospam.hotmail.com   
      
   "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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