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		Doohickey-d 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android 16 is here There's also another version of the story of why they removed it: > So basically, Microsoft's claim of Aero being "cheesy" "and "dated" are just lies to cover up the fact where the original Surface RT is not powerful enough to handle them. https://old.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/38vyn7/the_true_re...

chasil 11 months ago [–]

Yes, it was obvious that the Windows 8 focus on tablets (and Windows phone) would not work well with Aero, since their GPUs were lacking.

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