On 10/31/2012 02:47 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am a bit stubborn and am working within the Gnome 3 model. At
some
point I am going to have to work with Win8 either on the family machines
or work, and knowing how to get a tablet GUI working on a mouse-based
system will serve me well.
Jerry Pournelle (
http://www.jerrypournelle.com) reports that Windows 8
appears designed to take advantage of "hardware you don't have yet." He
suggests that most people stick with Windows 7 for the time being if
they have the choice. Not using Windows myself, I don't know, but I
tend to trust his experience in these things.