A cool mix

[Phases]

This surface is a pretty cool mix of windows that we're all used to, and windows 8. You can kinda toggle between the environments. It does feel a bit weird to be going from new age to old school on the same system but it's also fairly comforting.

More later, only now getting to look at it.

[Quentyn]

Is it the Pro you're looking at or the RT version? From what I can recall the RT is more like Windows Phone 8, except for tablets (ie, no desktop environment). Has this changed?

[Joe F.]

Is it the Pro you're looking at or the RT version? From what I can recall the RT is more like Windows Phone 8, except for tablets (ie, no desktop environment). Has this changed?

it has a desktop, but only like 5 pre-installed apps work in the desktop, and you can't install desktop apps.

[Billscarnage]

For RT, i was really hoping MS would have found a way to abandon the desktop. But I'm finding a number of apps that are helping me avoid the desktop as much as possible.
With Office there is no say around it for now.