So there you are. A developer in Porto. An accountant in São Paulo. A student in Luanda. Staring at a Metro interface designed for a tablet you don't own.
The result: Windows 7 held on until 2020 in thousands of Brazilian companies. Windows 8 PT became a cautionary tale. Windows 10 PT brought back the Start menu. Brought back sanity. But the scars remain.
Every time you see a "Configurações" that still feels half-finished, or a search that ignores your regional spelling ("configuração" vs "configuraçao" — yes, the missing cedilha wars), remember: that’s the ghost of Windows 8 PT.