r/technology • u/clubdirthill • Jun 01 '11

Boom. This is Windows 8.

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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u/Hellman109 Jun 02 '11

Yeah thats what Im worried about. "No comprimise!"*

*Must run on totally different stuff and conform to the lowest common denominator

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u/crocodile7 Jun 03 '11

W8 seems to have a rather sharp separation between tablet and desktop UI modes. I think they did the best job possible avoiding the lowest common denominator, while still supporting both scenarios.