When the ExtremeTech staff met in October 2012 to divvy up Windows 8 coverage assignments, I volunteered to tackle the specific question of how Metro and Desktop applications would integrate and share ...

Buying a new Windows 8 device isn’t as simple as, say, picking up a new Android tablet. The device-spanning nature of the overhauled operating system means Windows works on a vast array of hardware, ...

Attempting to meet the needs of different types of users is a familiar trend, and the new Task Manager is another instance where this two-pronged approach works well. By default, the Task Manager ...

Forget all of Microsoft’s hoopla about Windows 8‘s new Metro interface. If you’re a power user who relies on lots of legacy software, you’ll still be spending most of your time with the classic ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...

Mossberg Reviews the Surface Windows 8 Pro Unlike the original Microsoft Surface, the new Surface Pro allows you to run the Windows 8 desktop and pro apps. But, as Walt Mossberg tells us, one should ...

Windows 8? In 2026? These really might be the end times.