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December 10, 2012

The Myth of Windows 8's 'Gorilla Arm'

Ben Bajarin, Time


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A lot has been said about Windows 8. Some of it positive, some of it negative. With all things Microsoft, we certainly need to give the company a version or two grace period. I’m not going to do a lengthy analysis of Windows 8 here but I’d like to make some points about the touch experience on new Windows 8 PCs and, more importantly, I’d like address a term that gets thrown around: Gorilla Arm.

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