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Re:Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th by jayd16 on Monday November 02, 2020 @04:18PM (#24973485)
>retreat from a universal touch-and-pointer UI in Windows 8

Huh? What? Doesn't everything bit of hardware Microsoft sells have a touchscreen? Windows 10 has solid touchscreen support. Why are we talking about Windows 8 or a retreat?

Re:Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th by neogodless on Monday November 02, 2020 @06:00PM (#24974489)
Windows 8 was launched with a primary touch interface that emerged after closing apps, even if they were "desktop" apps. 8.1 retreated somewhat but Windows 10 went even further back to the default point-and-click Start Menu interface, while retaining touch elements like tiles, and introducing some other touch-friendly changes. Compared to 8 at launch it's much friendlier to the mouse and keyboard users.