The idea of a schizophrenic OS that is half desktop & half tablet/phone is silly. Windows 8 is full of apps that only work on the "Metro" interface.
From what I understand, this ungodly ugly style is designed for touchscreens. It doesn't work that well with a keyboard & mouse. And yet Microsoft in their wisdom decided to make it part of the next version of Windows. Why?
Why on earth would you design something for a smartphone & then put it on a desktop? You know it's not going to work that well. No start menu, instead a full screen page? That's fine if it's a phone or tablet. But on my 18 1/2" monitor it will just look horrible.
The reviews are not that good. OK,OK, it's a "beta". But Microsoft isn't calling it that. It's the "Consumer preview". Same thing. Hey why not just give it a wacky Linux style name? It will work just as well. This of course continues the Microsoft policy of every other OS sucking (Like Star Trek movies). You know: 98 good, ME bad, XP great, Vista horrid, 7 terrific. That's all you need to know. Want a new OS, wait for Windows 9.
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