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Right now ARM tablets only have the Metro interface period -- there is no desktop interface installed at all. Only PC's have both interfaces.


I have played with a Windows 8 tablet at that had a fully functional desktop interface, looked just like Win 7 desktop.

...and I'm pretty sure it was an ARM


Holy crap, it's even more confusing than I thought:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/win...

"You will get the traditional desktop with Windows 8 on ARM - but you won't be able to put third-party apps on it.

That's because all the third-party apps developed for ARM-based Windows 8 devices will be for the new Metro interface."




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