This is the other side of the medal. Are we looking at a chameleon ?

Microsoft has a big job ahead to make this dual personality work. My limited testing shows that the Metro interface is not natural to use with a mouse and keyboard, and the desktop mode doesn’t work well with touch. It’s like a one size fits all shirt that is far too big in the shoulders and far too tight around the waist. One size rarely fits all.

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I posted this because I thought it was interesting to hear how Win8 "feels" on a tablet. We only view it from the PC side and as far as I know none of us has tried it yet on a tablet - at least nobody has posted anything about it.

If one wants to operate Win8 on a tablet, it may be good to have a stylus so that one can hit the classic windows icons more precisely.

Speak for yourself! I have been using win8 on a tablet. Its fantastic. Ms really did a good job.

Originally Posted by newbie

Speak for yourself! I have been using win8 on a tablet. Its fantastic. Ms really did a good job.

Well good. You are the first one I know that posted using Win8 on a tablet. Maybe you can give a more detailed experience report.

Dave you are right- Let me start a thread for that.

I'm getting a tablet soon, I've been using Win8 on a laptop and I like it... I'll try it on a tablet soon.

I'm hoping at some point to put it on my HP TouchPad, I do realize it may not ever be possible. :sad:
Some groups are working on a Android port.

Alright guys. So I have an acer Iconia w500. The cpu is anemic but one of the AMD fusion one so its good a good GPU for the power. The SSD is nothing fancy. Even so win8 is running pretty fast. Had to get into bios to select usb as startup. Downloaded 32 bit version and put it on USB key using microsoft tool. Installation took less than half an hour. Used windows 7 drivers for things not autorecognised. Did not install device control software. Not going to use portrait mode.

Cold boot: <15 secs! Not kidding. If you have one of those fancy SSD I figure you could boot in 10sec. Internet explorer is extremely responsive to touch just like safari on itouch (I dont have an ipad). Not many apps to write about but things generally work fine. Smooth scrolling and stuff. I am not sure whether its due to the fusion APU or whether win8 requires less memory/cpu than win7. I had win7 on the same tablet and I will NOT be going back. That should tell you something!

Not planning to install office on mytablet. If you have any specific questions fire away.