Windows 8 product guide for businesses contains surprises

No Start Menu – that’s not really a surprise, but it’s not appreciated.

Here’s the one that surprised me: Windows on ARM (WOA) devices won’t be able to connect to a domain.

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Microsoft: Keep the Start menus in Windows 8, please!

Let’s see how the Consumer Preview shapes up.

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Windows 8 on ARM: Not so vaporous after all?

Some interesting speculation about Win8 on ARM.

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Windows 8: Not as unified as we thought?

The kerfuffle over Windows 8 Secure Boot provokes two important observations.

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Will Apple’s “Slide to Unlock” patent stomp on Android or Windows 8?

Short answer: No.

But the long answer is quite interesting, I think.

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The death of the Start menu

Microsoft’s defense goes into high gear.

Please, Microsoft, don’t take away the Start menu in Windows 8. You know better.

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What IT should know about Windows 8

With two interfaces on two platforms, the four combinations present some significant challenges, not just to Microsoft.

I think this article covers a lot of new – surprising – ground. InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Will Windows 8 run x86 apps on ARM tablets — or not?

There’s still a lot of confusion, but I don’t think there’s any doubt that “legacy” Windows 7 apps won’t, in general, run on the Desktop interface, for Windows 8 ARM (think “tablet”) machines.

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