One cannot but notice that the so called 'modern', or 'tile' interface is absolutely touchscreen-oriented! All those toggles, or switches, so abundant in the Windows newly-implemented interface (and look) are clearly there exlusively for mobile device users. Look at it this way: all those 'swipe', or 'toggle' movements are to facilitate interactions between the mobile device user and the software - either some fat man pudgy fingers, or those of a slim girl would never miss a tile if they'd wish to run an app, or a switch when they'd need to change the settings. The standard desktop shortcut icons are not clearly for them. Just the opposite is true in the case of desktops or notebooks - the shortcut icons are quite ok for this type of devices, and there's absolutely no need to reinvent the wheel (especially a square one). However odd it may seem, the 'old-fashioned' Control Panel interface is still there and remain unchanged.



So, that's right here where the question of overall performance-related issues arise. It's plain to see that the mobile ones have considerably poorer performance compared to that of the first group - less onboard memory, considerably lower processing speed, smaller displays - so they can't afford a richer interface. You'd hardly see the difference, anyway, in terms of the interface, and in terms of spare resourses, it would definitely be an overload for them. But the desktop and laptop users seem to be left overboard - with larger displays boasting vivid colors and advanced PC graphics systems. And all this in year 2015! Shame on MS!



It seems Windows 10 was intended as a sort of compromise between 'old-school' Windows and the 'modern' one Windows 8. But this attempt hardly succeeded. With regard to standard PC users, of course.



