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Tried using it in a virtual machine, but was an endlessly frustrating experience in Windows 8 (Metro) UI.

It's like going from an iPhone to a Blackberry -- you want to touch the screen, but can't.

Be prepared to be your family's help desk if they're buying a new machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nU

If you're running under Hyper-V, Alt+Home is the same thing as pressing the start button. Otherwise it's highly impractical trying to hit the bottom left corner in a floating window.

You can also turn off all animations in Windows, which may speed up things in a VM (or on an older desktop):

Control Panel | Ease of Access | Optimize visual display | "Turn off all unnecessary animations (when possible)" = on | OK

There's also the "adjust for better performance/appearance" radio buttons that do similar stuff that might help you.

Hey, some of the Blackberry phones are touch-screen! Of course there's almost zero in the way of hints to distinguish one from the other except if that nubbin is absent and the screen is the only option.

Not touchscreen: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/blackb...

Touchscreen: http://cdn1.mos.techradar.com///classifications/Mobile%20Pho...

Both have the trackpad (RIM's replacement for the "nubbin").

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