{"id":36586,"date":"2012-08-21T23:12:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T23:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=36586"},"modified":"2012-08-21T23:12:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T23:12:48","slug":"windows-8-just-needs-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-8-just-needs-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Observer: Windows 8 Just Needs A Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance.jpg\" alt=\"windows 8 just needs a chance\" title=\"windows 8 just needs a chance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36593\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Windows 8 Just Needs A Chance<\/h3>\n<p>Over the course of the last 9 months or so I have been running the Windows 8 previews in various configurations on my hardware to test things out and learn the new OS layout.  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