More bad news surfaces

[persia]

What they need to do is develop an Android port.  The Surface would be a killer Android tablet.

[persia]

People resist change.  The Windows ball hasn't had start on it since 2007, yet people still call it the "Start Menu."  It's back in 8.1 and it basically does the same thing the Windows key does, it brings you to the Windows 8 Desktop.  What is wrong with the Windows 8 desktop?  Basically it doesn't look like the Windows 7 flop up menu, that's the bottom line.   People attacked the flop up "Start" button in Windows 95 when it first came out, for very valid reasons, but people have grown used to it and they now cling to it.  Face it, the flop up Windows ball was a dumb idea in 1994 and is even dumber 2 decades later.  I, for one, am happy to see it gone.

[persia]

I'd rather they just do away with the desktop and start in the Windows 8 tiles.  You can put anything you want in the tiles and arrange them any way you want.  So if you wanted a Control Panel tile you can have one.  

Scrolling the panels isn't bad either, just swipe to the left or right on the touchpad.  Most people have a tablet in addition to a desktop or laptop so the swipe gesture is within their comfort level.  Indeed in a smartphone and tablet world the flop up button is the odd one out, it's not "natural" in the sense you won't see it on other devices.

Windows 8 was a mis-step.  The folks at Apple realise that even though the gestures are similar the interfaces need to be different on laptops/desktops versus tablets/smartphones.