Rockchan

You mean using a Bluetooth keyboard on Metro UI? Many people expect WinRT/Windows8 is a “one-for-all” device (so that they don’t need to have a PC and a tablet separately anymore). If MS wants WinRT to success, they need to make sure that there is a UI for keyboard and mouse users (not the Metro one).

Then WinRT will die as in Android. If there is no desktop environment, it will be very hard to operate the software under WinRT (which mostly need a keyboard or mouse to efficiently operate).

When we need a keyboard or mouse to efficiently operate a software, a desktop UI is important. It is very stupid that when we are using keyboard and mouse, we still use the touch screen at the same time (we only got 2 hands).

Even if it is not the current Win7 type desktop, the Metro UI should not be used in such situation.

It is not funny that looking at a large normal monitor with Metro UI and you still need to touch a smaller monitor in order to operate it.

Just put the WinRT tablet on a dock, look at a 22 inch monitor and use keyboard and mouse to operate it. Then you will find that you miss the desktop a lot (just like many of my friends with their iPad).

WinRT is nearly Windows 8 on ARM. Other than the change of name, WinRT is supposed to have both metro and desktop UI. Moreover, if we want to have choice, then of course we should be able to choose using either Metro or Desktop on a ARM tablet. That is why I ask drwitwicki why we can only have metro environment.

A WinRT with only Metro environment is just a WP7 tablet. No matter how powerful the OS is, people cannot use the original desktop type software anymore (even if the software company does not mind to convert it). Moreover, I am not really sure how many software developer will redesign the UI of their software for Metro (if many of them still don’t want to develop app for WP7).

The original plan of Windows 8 is the combination of tablet and PC. That is not really related to lack of confidence in Metro. MS will be stupid if it release a tablet that are similar to an iPad. Metro is already used on WP7, may be MS can simply release a WP7 tablet now.

Why we can only have metro environment? If you want simpler, get an iPad. There is a reason why people want Windows 8 level of OS on a tablet, not a WP7.