No. Metro apps are sandboxed, you can't drag and drop anything onto them.

Windows 8 is easier for multilingual users: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/21/using-the-language-you-want.aspx

Mostly because it's faster: http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-vs-windows-7-benchmarked_p2-7000002671/

Exactly. Strangely Windows 8 works better with a mouse than with a touchpad, but it works better on smaller screens - like, say, a laptop screen.

SSD still isn't the norm, though, so boot times do count.

I tried to do that but Windows wouldn't let me. Care to share a screenshot of your taskbar?

That's not actually false, since he did have issues with Mail: http://gizmodo.com/5934932/?comment=51884147

Also, there's Win+W for settings search.

Correct, $40 is the upgrade price. The full retail version will cost a little more, but Microsoft has yet to say how much.

I can't run L.A. Noire on Windows 8, it crashes before it can load. It works fine on Windows 7 on the same laptop.

I also think that's a step backwards, but there's a workaround: Win+F searches files; Win+W searches Control Panel items.

It's a native app, so it should be faster than the mobile website. See for yourself, it's free!

But I am a greedy criminal, you were spot on!

It's not right, but it's pragmatic. See: http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic

"They aren't even hiding it as a "blip" in those cases"

Why would mentioning the iPhone be a problem? It helped bring the web to mobile phones, after all.

"In Portland, you can put a bird on something and just call it art."

Also true. Apple didn't copy Sony, nor is this a lawsuit involving Sony.

Also true. Apple didn't copy Sony, nor is this a lawsuit involving Sony.

I know it's nothing much, but then why did Samsung copy it? It's clearly protected by intellectual property laws.