Will Windows 8 for ARM tablets cut the cord on desktop mode? (Engadget)
Is it us, or is the dream of a full Windows experience on low-power ARM
tablets getting steadily eroded? We’ve long known that these slates would
sacrifice backwards compatibility with legacy software, but now it seems the
familiar desktop mode could be getting the chop too. Paul Thurrott from
_SuperSite for Windows_ says he has good insider information that this mode
will be limited to x86 devices, which would rule out using the traditional
keyboard-and-mouse UI on an ARM tablet and force users to stick with the Metro
UI at all times. By the sound of it, though, the matter is still being argued
over within Microsoft and it’s unclear whether the decision will apply to ARM-
based notebooks too. All Thurrott could be sure of is that “the people who
don’t want there to be a desktop mode [in ARM tablets] have apparently won the
day.” Man, and just when we thought everyone was starting to get along so
nicely.
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