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How Real People Will Use Windows 8

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Mar. 12, 12 · · Interview
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My dad tries Windows 8 for the first time.

-- lockergnome


A lot of people have voiced their concerns over Microsoft's use of "touch-based" UI with Windows 8.  In an attempt to gauge how the "average" desktop user will engage and react to Windows 8's Metro design, lockergnome had his dad sit down and use Windows 8 without any previous instruction.
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