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[aiir]

So, any changes you would make to Windows 8?.

No need for the following:
Start button.

[Charisma]

Give me the option of Metro or a more traditional desktop setup.
Let me as the consumer choose my interface.
As is being discussed in the "tablets/desktop PC" news story right now, they are two devices with two functions. They can and should communicate, synch, etc, but if I want pretty colours and boxes and an interface designed for a touchscreen, I'll use the tablet. I need my desktop to behave like a desktop.

[LaP]

The ability to stay in desktop mode and encapsulate metro apps in a window.

[Andy Briggs]

not sure i dont like it at all really

[+Chris123NT]

Ability to choose interface hands down. Metro for Tablets, desktop for laptops and desktops

[firey]

Agree with the above basically. Ability to have it feel like Windows 7 (with new copy paste, speed improvements, etc) on Desktop if I so choose. Which to me means no Metro, No Tiles, standard start, etc.

[MorganX]

Start Button returns even if it just takes you to start page.
Complete elimination of the Prev App bar and return to app switching of Windows 7.
New nice icons throughout system.
Native ability to select custom icon for any icon in system, including library icons.
Ability to move Charm bar as you can move taskbar
Ability to turn off Charm Bar and use traditional start button to go to start page.
Option to boot directly to Desktop.
Option to "not" add icons for new app installs to Start Page.
Consistent and hiccup free scrolling in all Metro apps
Ability to change Start Page background to wallpaper or show desktop behind Start Page.
iTunes comparable app for Windows Phone/Zune/Tablet Devices - A metro app will be fine.
Better Media Player.
Native Facebook Metro App.
In-place context sensitive menus in native Metro Apps.
Native Metro Fitness app to log diet/exercise with a Windows Phone companion app with GPS recording.
More Stable USB 3.0 Drivers for NEC, and TI chipsets.
Native Thunderbold support.
More GPU-acceleration wherever applicable.
More utilization of multiple cores.
More utilization of memory for systems with 16-32GB.
Metro Geometry Wars, bundled.
Metro Lode Runner, bundled.
Metro I made a game with Z0mbies, bundled.
Purchase and play all XBLA games on Windows 8.
Full Bitlocker (TPM Support) in ALL versions of Windows 8.
Native Blu-Ray playback support (MS subsidizes license fee for codec
Bundled DivX, Xvid, and native MKV codecs/playback support.

[+Xinok]

Somehow merge the desktop and Metro to form a single interface.

[Aethec]

Program desktop apps using WinRT.
Not necessarily the same apps you use when full-screen, but...expose WinRT for desktop apps, so that developpers could make desktop apps which are sandboxed, do not leave junk behind on uninstall, and can be updated through the Store.

[bogas04]

Before you come up and say its fake , i tell you i used MSPaint to depict what I want MS to do , ie listen to what users are asking , an option to use or not to use Metro Start Screen.

[Aethec]

Disabling Metro : Not gonna happen. That would make no sense at all considering Microsoft's future plans - the only way they'd do it is if they have a WinRT desktop ready, and even then the Start Screen would probably stay.
The resources involved in creating the Windows Runtime and the whole Metro UI/UX are too high IMHO to leave room for another huge project, especially with Sinofsky's "if it's not ready, leave it out" philosophy.

[LaP]

Couple of other ideas for application sold on Windows 8 store (where MS can enforce some rules like Apple does).

No more saved games outside of My saved games folder or the game/service root folder tree itself.
No more app settings in My Documents or User root folder.
No more DRM softwares installed as hidden device drivers and not showing in add/remove programs (all drivers should be drivers or you are stuck out of Windows 8 store).
When i choose to un-install a program everything the program installed should be removed unless some components show in the add/remove program seperately.

[AR556]

I would take Windows 7, add the new Task Manager, ISO mounting and all new security improvements of current Windows 8 and call it Windows 8.

[MorganX]

Aethec, on 25 April 2012 - 20:28, said:

Disabling Metro : Not gonna happen. That would make no sense at all considering Microsoft's future plans - the only way they'd do it is if they have a WinRT desktop ready, and even then the Start Screen would probably stay.
The resources involved in creating the Windows Runtime and the whole Metro UI/UX are too high IMHO to leave room for another huge project, especially with Sinofsky's "if it's not ready, leave it out" philosophy.

Hey this is just a list thread. Let us dream.

[BajiRav]

I wish the metro file picker is availabe on desktop. Cant think anything more right now.