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[firey]

I find it funny, how if anyone bashes metro, people jump all over it. Yet if someone praises it, everyone pats them on the back. Metro/Tiles is about as useful as a screen full of rectangles and squares of different colors that really don't help me in any way.

[+Neo003]

Although I like metro (coming from a guy who started with windows 3.1) I think it nothing but Vista 2.0. It will be a stepping stone for the next big OS coming from MS; it’s nothing but a beta test.

I will surely try metro but skip on buying it, why cause as the article said I have yet to see any major difference between Windows 7 and Windows Metro (casual user perspective). If there are any difference please let me know, cause I’ve tested the for pre-alpha and will be testing the beta version too but I didn’t find anything that Windows 7 couldn’t do.

I’ve also been watching the developer’s video and most of them are minor improvement except the ReFS (which I’m hoping it makes it to client system).

[Seizure1990]

 Relativity_17, on 07 February 2012 - 16:15, said:

I guess 2012 will be the year of Linux on the consumer desktop.

Just like the last 14 years.

I laughed.

[+Neo003]

 firey, on 07 February 2012 - 17:30, said:

I find it funny, how if anyone bashes metro, people jump all over it. Yet if someone praises it, everyone pats them on the back. Metro/Tiles is about as useful as a screen full of rectangles and squares of different colors that really don't help me in any way.

There's a word for that which is banned here, but I think you can guess what it is. I'm not one of those people; my wife bought me a big ass 27" iMac which is collecting dust here. I would never let go of windows but that doesn't mean I wouldn't point out the failure.

[Packet1009]

they come out with these bashing articles every time.
"why <new thing> will be dead on arrival" etc etc

[xpclient]

Here's the fun part. Windows 7 and Vista were pretty similar and yet while one failed, the other was successful, so it's really hard to say if Windows 8 will fail or succeed.

[+Jdawg683]

i have to agree w/ #1. i still cant think of any reason i'll need to upgrade from 7. i havent found one new feature that has wow'd me.

#2 and #3 are also true. Metro looks terrible. and where are the windows 8 applications? we're 6mo from launch...

[itylernallen]

I am taking it OP has not been to the CES2012. There was not many people that were displeased with the Metro UI. Windows 8 is going to be a success.

[~Johnny]

 Jdawg683, on 07 February 2012 - 17:55, said:

and where are the windows 8 applications? we're 6mo from launch...

Yes, we're 6 months from launch. 6 months. From launch. 6 months. From when people will actually be buying them in large numbers. Why would they be all finished and done 6 months before launch?
You can make a good, high quality application in as little as a week, upto a month, maybe up to 3-4 months for the larger beasts. (Excluding the giant productivity suites here).

[Paul Paliath]

I'm critical of Windows 8, and yet I found this post to be an outlandish, pageview-whoring piece. Despite my criticisms about the OS, I still think it's idiotic to label it DOA.

My primary concern with Windows 8 is this: Metro really doesn't belong on the desktop (non-touch) form factor. It's awkward and jarring to essentially switch between two user interfaces on a regular basis. And on ARM tablets, legacy applications and the legacy desktop really don't belong, even if in a limited, restricted form (i.e if the Office team are too lazy to create a proper Metro suite.)

It's hard to imagine that this OS will fare well in the enterprise setting, nor will normal users be happy when they discover that the start orb is missing.

[+Neo003]

 itylernallen, on 07 February 2012 - 17:55, said:

I am taking it OP has not been to the CES2012. There was not many people that were displeased with the Metro UI. Windows 8 is going to be a success.

Heres what MS trying to do with windows 8,

 whatsnew_launchpad_screen.jpg   61.46K   22 downloads

 Paul Paliath, on 07 February 2012 - 18:00, said:

I'm critical of Windows 8, and yet I found this post to be an outlandish, pageview-whoring piece. Despite my criticisms about the OS, I still think it's idiotic to label it DOA.

My primary concern with Windows 8 is this: Metro really doesn't belong on the desktop (non-touch) form factor. It's awkward and jarring to essentially switch between two user interfaces on a regular basis. And on ARM tablets, legacy applications and the legacy desktop really don't belong, even if in a limited, restricted form (i.e if the Office team are too lazy to create a proper Metro suite.)

It's hard to imagine that this OS will fare well in the enterprise setting, nor will normal users be happy when they discover that the start orb is missing.

Agree 110%.

[M_Lyons10]

LOL, they lost me completely when they tried to draw a connection between Brandon Watson leaving Windows Phone and Windows 8... What a ridiculous post.

[+Rudy]

I don't see Windows 8 being a big success, Windows users don't like to upgrade just for the sake of upgrading (as we saw with Vista). Most people just moved to Win7 and I think they'll stay there at least until Win9

[brianshapiro]

 Neo003, on 07 February 2012 - 18:05, said:

Heres what MS trying to do with windows 8,

whatsnew_launchpad_screen.jpg

The Start Screen is more like a combination of Dashboard and an app launcher.

Actually its not that much different than Dashboard, except Dashboard functioning as the main OS menu.

[Paul Paliath]

 M_Lyons10, on 07 February 2012 - 18:06, said:

LOL, they lost me completely when they tried to draw a connection between Brandon Watson leaving Windows Phone and Windows 8... What a ridiculous post.

Bringing up Watson's departure is a valid point, though for something opposite of what they likely were insinuating.

There's a theory that, over time, the Windows and Windows Phone teams will begin to converge. Sinofsky's team would essentially swallow up the Windows Phone team, and Watson didn't see much of a career future in this scenario and resigned. Just some speculation anyway.