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For Hybrid PCs Only: Tablet Mode

(Continuum)

No matter how hard Microsoft’s engineers pound their heads against their

conference-room tables, they can’t make one thing change: Touchscreen
devices are not the same as regular PCs. Your finger and a mouse are not
the same thing. They have radically different degrees of precision.

But grafting together two completely different operating systems, as

Microsoft did in Windows 8, was not the solution.

In Windows 10, Microsoft came up with a less drastic approach, designed
for hybrid machines: tablets with detachable keyboards, like Microsoft’s

own Surface. The solution involves two parts:

Tablet mode. In Tablet mode, you’re pretty much back to
Windows 8. The Start menu becomes the Start screen, filling the
monitor. Every app runs in full-screen mode—no overlapping

windows. The onscreen keyboard pops up automatically when
you’re in a place where you can type.

Continuum. This simply means “Enters Tablet mode every time
you detach the keyboard.” Whenever you take your tablet out of its
dock, or pull off its keyboard, or fold its keyboard behind the

screen, the touch-friendly Tablet mode kicks in automatically.

Note
You can try out Tablet mode even if you don’t have a touchscreen, although there’s not much
point to it. Tablet mode is designed to make Windows 10 more finger-friendly.

Here’s what the two modes do.

Manual Tablet Mode