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Where are you getting this crap that the Desktop is gone on Windows 8, or that it's soooo difficult to enter, that it might just be impossible.

Boot Windows 8 up in Desktop Mode. Make a settings change. Or select it as default on install.

Microsoft is not dropping the desktop or the enterprise. They make an enormous amount of money from that market and work-flow.

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It seems fairly obvious that Microsoft is anticipating single-device computing and getting out in front of it.

A cell phone that can drive HDMI still needs a nice UI for the little touch screen. Apps that run everywhere might not be perfect everywhere, but it is still a nice feature.

(Perhaps 'single-device' is the wrong description, but the barriers to running the same environment everywhere are shrinking, not growing)

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