http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2012/09/04/hp-teaches-you-windows-8-because-microsoft-wont/
HP teaches you Windows 8 because Microsoft won’t
If you’ve used Windows 8 and wondered how on earth to do the most basic tasks, you’re far from alone. It took us weeks to work out we could unlock a PC with the Space bar, and accidentally right-clicking in the bottom-left corner of the screen was a real revelation — try it and you’ll see what we mean.
These are incredibly basic things Microsoft should have taught us from the beginning, but didn’t. And with the final version of Windows — at least the RTM we’ve used — it still doesn’t. The extent of the teaching is a single animation during installation, which simply shows you how to move your mouse to the corner of the screen – with no explanation of why or when to do so.
So it’s both sad and entirely logical that third-parties educating users themselves. As reported by Windows Observer, HP has launched a free Getting Started with Windows 8 app in the Microsoft Store, which offers users text guides, video tutorials and links to forums and help pages
XP was in it from new why not in windows 8 ?
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/376567/honeyball-on-windows-8-its-a-car-crash
Honeyball on Windows 8: it's a car crash
when used with a finger. A pixel-perfect pen is mandatory for desktop mode, I'm afraid, if using a tablet.
We'll be the guinea pigs with the clear intention that Windows 9 will be the one that might gain real business traction. After all, by then the hardware will have caught up, there will be a body of Metro/RT applications that are compelling, and most of the rough edges of the UI will have been knocked off.
I wish I could be more positive, but I can't. This is the first release of Windows in 20 years that leaves me cold. On the touch side, it's too little, too late. On the desktop side, it's a car crash. To be blunt, I hope it bombs. Microsoft deserves a bloody nose for this, and the lessons learned should make it redouble and refocus for Windows 9.