Robert_Charlton - 2:05 am on Jun 25, 2012 (gmt 0)

The article reinforces my worst fears about the ribbon, etc. At the same time, I look at the favorable anticipation that some of us have for the Surface tablet, as in this discussion here...

MS releases own tablet "Surface" for Win 8
[webmasterworld.com...]

...and I'm thinking we're going to find ourselves in a very confused situation for a while. I assume that the Surface tablet will be useless without Windows 8. OTOH, I can't imagine wanting to use the touch interface on a desktop machine.

I'm in the process of speccing out a new desktop setup (I know... great timing), and I'm wondering what kind of hardware to consider, how many copies of Windows 7 to stockpile, etc etc.