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Classic Windows in Windows 8

Earlier this week I posted on Windows 8 and included a YouTube video showing some of the features.  One of the questions that wasn’t really addressed in the demos was the look and feel of “classic” Windows applications. The new interface is a long way from the existing Windows 7 interface.  Below is another video […]

Jun 3, 2011
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Earlier this week I posted on Windows 8 and included a YouTube video showing some of the features.  One of the questions that wasn’t really addressed in the demos was the look and feel of “classic” Windows applications. The new interface is a long way from the existing Windows 7 interface. 

Below is another video that does show a couple of classic Windows screens within Windows 8.

 

The interesting comment in this video is when the person references going to Windows from the new interface. As the presenter states

it is all Windows.

 

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