Windows 8: What You Need to Know | PCWorld: If this revelation is making you weak in the knees, worry not. Here's a handy FAQ on the early Windows 8 build that Microsoft demonstrated:
But underneath that touchy layer is plain old Windows, with a task bar, file manager, app icons--everything.
This allows users to view two apps at the same time--something that no existing tablet OS can do.
But, doesn't Windows do that already?
According to All Things Digital, classic Windows apps will use "fuzzy hit targeting" to aid finger taps, but they won't be optimized for the touch screen like Windows 8's HTML5/Javascript concoctions. Legacy apps can, however, run side by side with the new Windows 8 apps.
So, all the millions of existing Windows apps have been denigrated with the pejorative "Legacy apps"...? like they're now some kind of red-headed step-child...
Expect at least four versions of Windows for ARM processors, and that none of these versions would be compatible with apps from Windows XP, Vista or 7.
So much for their claim that this is the "One Windows to rule them all", running equally on Intel, Atom, ARM, servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, phones, tablets...