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Exactly that.

I'm genuinely surprised at some of the things people haven't quite grasped about Windows 8. To put it simply:

Windows 8 is the same as Windows 7 but it has a new interface layer (Metro) which replaces the start menu and adds an app store for Metro and normal apps. Everything you did in Windows 7 is just the same bar the start button.

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Thanks, This is what I thought in may when I read about windows 8. But I feared I got everything wrong and actually every single app or soctware must go though the store and be controlled by MS , as if it were an Iphone. By the way we are developing an app that will be downloaded from our web. Now going to the store would be a trouble to us...

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