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: They are basically the same OS, but 8 has a number of performance
: improvements and uses UEFI instead of BIOS.
: All you need is a nice little app called Start8 for a couple of bucks, and
: you don't even have to use the Metro interface at all.
: I was really apprehensive about it, but wouldn't go back now.
You shouldn't have to get a separate program just to make the main interface tolerable-- MS learned that back in the mid 90's (when they started treating Windows like an OS long before it ever was) but I guess they forgot, or since they dominate the market so much they're like, "Hey wouldn't it be cool/interesting/funny if we did this? Let's do it, it's not like people will stop buying Windows".