[The Truth Will Make You Free]

That’s an exaggerated comparison. On Windows 8 laptop, I’ve got programs I use most pinned to the toolbar for 1 click access, and the rest are shortcuts on the desktop that can be accessed in 2 clicks from the Desktop list. I never use the flashy tablet view and find it annoying when I have to go there. However, overall I prefer Windows 8 to Windows Vista.

That said, MS is being shrewd in preparing an OS for the future and that will run Office.

[adorno]

I’ve got programs I use most pinned to the toolbar for 1 click access, and the rest are shortcuts on the desktop that can be accessed in 2 clicks from the Desktop list.

You can pin all of your toolbar apps, and all of your desktop apps, to the Start screen, to give you one-click access to all of them.