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«One concrete example that made me facepalm: When the machine boots up, you don’t get a login screen. I sat around waiting for Windows to finish loading and allow me to log in, but it never happened. For some reason I decided to drag the screen with the mouse, and voila, there’s the login screen. It boots to a lock screen. On the desktop», — пишут нам благодарные пользователи Windows 8 и её интуитивно понятного интерфейса.