Microsoft has provided copies of Windows 8 RTM to some members of the press (including ), so a few reviews are starting to roll in.

Naturally, Microsoft's hybrid desktop-tablet approach has some detractors. , for example, thinks Windows 8 is an "excellent operating system" for tablets, but that it "doesn't work nearly so well" for desktops.

Our own Lloyd Case, however, didn't seem as bothered by that approach. "The user interface is easier to navigate than I'd feared, and the whole affair seems to hang together pretty well," he wrote.

Still, even RTM reviews feel a bit like early impressions, since no final Windows 8 hardware is available. The true test will come once devices like tablet hit the market.

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