HippsieGypsie, I can't agree with you on any way whatsoever.
You are saying that the future desktop will open any program full-screen 1 at a time
That is what the metro only interface does. You imply that you should not be allowed to drop to the desktop and run say half a dozen windowed programs. (what is the point in having a multi-cored processor) a relatively simply tablet maybe, my android only has 2 but i run several simultaneous "apps" on that.
If you are trying to say that the desktop will evolve over time , then I would agree but that is not Metro as proposed.
PCs are productivity tools and in the case of corporations and 10000s plus would have to change and staff be trained the cost of which is one of the problems that any vender needs to address.
I notice in your spec you suggest adding a touch screen just for W8 - why? you cant use the second unless you open up the desktop.
In my case my arms are not long enough as I sit back to view 3 24in screens @1920x1200, I too love my toys.
I'm glad you still like toys.
Obviously you read my post to describe my thoughts or what I think you read. I'll post it here for convenience. It is from here:
http://www.eightforums.com/general-...s-controversial-decision-removal-start-2.html
Ok, so, what if all traditional programs are written in the Metro style as a Metro app or more appropriately a M$ app? That would solve the whole problem, wouldn't it? I believe this is what M$ has in mind with this drastic change of an OS called Windows 8. All programs will eventually be M$ apps. They are being written as you read now. Imagine the possibilities here. They can totally do away with the desktop all together. One will open an app in stand alone window or -> Open another with an option to snap along side -> Open another app with the option of a 3rd pane -> Open another for a 4th pane and so on. Just like the big screen TVs with multi-pane viewing a zillion channels in live time. Or perform on multiple monitors. (I know there's a long way to go so far as snapping and multi-monitors, so I don't want to hear the slack.
I think this will be worked out in the future)
Therefore to answer your question -> no. What I'm saying is that all apps will eventually be written in the Metro interface and there will be no need of a legacy desktop as we know it. It will be a totally new kind of "window" or "means" where one is in no need of a desktop. What will a desktop profit if all programs were written in the Metro style interface (as we are calling it now) or for a better name of description -> a M$ app interface? Also, all apps will only be purchased and added through their store.
Please keep in mind that I think snapping and multi-pane on a single monitor and viewing multi-monitors will progress with time. Also, perhaps larger monitors will be needed for multi-panes. When one opens a Metro app it appears in a 'window", does it not?. What if one opens another app and has the option of snapping it next to the previous? Then continue as many times as one needs to be able to open all the apps as one needs as I have described above. Or any variation thereof. e.g. -> Two apps opened in there own separate "window" or two apps snapped together in a "window" and another two in another "window". Alt/Tab or finger-slide in touch between any combination, just as we do now. There will be endless combinations.
The Metro start screen
is our new legacy desktop and start menu combination since it is 1st in line. It has already replaced the Start menu and will eventually bump out the legacy desktop which is now second in line and is presently being
treated like a Metro app until
all software is written in the M$/Metro app interface. Not that the desktop in 8 is presently a M$/Metro app, but someone will probably write one to satisfy those who want one.
So what will it profit to have a "desktop" where we historically store what the Start Screen and Charms Bar is already achieving?
So far as enterprise is concerned, I'm not that educated in it so far as large companies are concerned. All I know is that they upgrade and educate from time to time already. All I'll state is that I think M$ is simplifying things. I mean how difficult could this whole new concept of which I think M$ is headed possibly be to learn?
I'll get the touch monitor and wait to add the second when they work this all out.
Finally, your more technically advanced, so I'll ask -> Would there then be a need of multi-core processors?