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I wouldn't call that a safe assumption, but I can see how that would be part of it. From the article:

>Why the high return rates? "It seems to be linked in a lot of cases to a steep learning curve of the [Windows 8] OS -- which is not necessarily intuitive," she said.

As I understand it the full version of Windows 8 is even more complex and less intuitive. Surface pro is in a tricky spot because it's competing both with traditional tablets and laptops, both of which consumers are entirely used to.



Half of laptops now ships with Windows 8, there are no reports about high return rates of them.

>As I understand it the full version of Windows 8 is even more complex and less intuitive.

The only difference in UI for regular customer is that Windows 8 can run third-party desktop applications.




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