Major UK Retailers Mislabel Windows RT As Windows 8 106
Barence writes "Major British retailers such as Argos and Tesco are mis-selling Windows RT devices as Windows 8 PCs, PC Pro has discovered. The confusion over Microsoft's ARM-based version of Windows could lead to consumers buying the wrong machines, and the wrong software to go with them. Argos, for example, recommends Norton Mobile Security as an add-on for its mis-labelled Windows 8 machine, despite that product only working on Android and iOS."
Re:Whats the difference? (Score:4, Informative)
Windows RT doesn't even have the desktop mode and locks you into a walled garden of Windows Store apps.
It has a desktop mode.
Re:Blame Microsoft (Score:5, Informative)
Here is a side by side of the two versions of the Surface [blogspot.com] I found with a quick Google search. Without reading the descriptions can you tell which one is which simply by looking at them? There are differences, and if you know what to look for you can tell them apart. However for the lay person who plays with one they simply aren't going to do so.