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VMware Preps Amazon Answer | Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days

VMware Preps Amazon Answer | Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days
May 20, 2013
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Between The Lines Columnist Lenovo Windows 8 Ultrabook: My First 14 Days
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Posted By Packard Leonberger:
"Windows 8 works great for the Junior High crowd, but I live in an adult world and I don't need pictures and cute little tiles to use an OS. Windows 7 was Microsoft's best attempt at a good OS and they dropped it even though."
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