No they are not trolling with you, they see the future and want their products to adapt.
Nobody is forcing you to do anything, but if you want to use Windows 8 you will have to see the Metro UI once in a while.
This is the type of thinking that dooms companies.
They could easily cater to both desktop users and tablet users by allowing desktops users to choose which interface they would like to use. It can't be that difficult. Have a check box at first boot, then put the damn start menu code back in. It's incredibly idiotic not to allow this.
We still have the full Desktop available :|
I'd rather they remove as much legacy code as possible to make win8 as lightweight as possible.... to those that want it let them muck up windows and put that code back in themselves. Don't force it on the majority who will just use the new start screen.
Then use WinRT, and your dreams will come true. Some of us like not being forced to use something we hate in a sad attempt to bolster market share.
Microsoft is doing a mistake of pushing the metro design instead of the classic desktop, the Windows desktop is a sacred foundation that should not be removed, it is what made Windows successful and it should only be improved, not replaced, if they want to try this metro UI they should sell it as a stand alone prodcut
As much as I hate Win8 I have to disagree with you. The iPad is a great piece of gear, but its not the ultimate. It has far too many places it can be improved upon. The concept of the Win8 tablet, the idea it can be a tablet and give you everyting the iPad does, but also do much of what a desktop can, is awesome. I like the idea of carrying around a tablet and using it as such, then sitting it into a dock with mouse and keyboard and using it like a desktop. Microsoft is taking a leadership role with this concept. My problem is that MS is taking a great concept and ruining it.Microsoft doesn't have a handle on the future, so everyone spouting that is just showing their ignorance. Microsoft barely can keep up with the present.
They aren't leading anything with tablet interfaces. They barely even compete in that arena- in the PRESENT, let alone the future.
Apple leads the tablet space, and they prove with each OS release that they still know how to design a desktop OS as well.
If we're judging the future based on what an actual LEADER at making tablets is doing, then Apple is the future, and Microsoft is just proving itself to be the dumb frat-boys that got lucky company that many always accused it of being, that has virtually nothing going for it other than having once lucked out in achieving a near monopoly OS position that it's been exploiting ever since. They're not leading with Win8, they're making a lame attempt at following.
how is Microsoft ruining this concept?As much as I hate Win8 I have to disagree with you. The iPad is a great piece of gear, but its not the ultimate. It has far too many places it can be improved upon. The concept of the Win8 tablet, the idea it can be a tablet and give you everyting the iPad does, but also do much of what a desktop can, is awesome. I like the idea of carrying around a tablet and using it as such, then sitting it into a dock with mouse and keyboard and using it like a desktop. Microsoft is taking a leadership role with this concept. My problem is that MS is taking a great concept and ruining it.
If anything, Apple should take note of Windows 8 and find a way to plug a keyboard into the iPad so you can do some serious work on it. `
Microsoft doesn't have a handle on the future, so everyone spouting that is just showing their ignorance. Microsoft barely can keep up with the present.
They aren't leading anything with tablet interfaces. They barely even compete in that arena- in the PRESENT, let alone the future.
Apple leads the tablet space, and they prove with each OS release that they still know how to design a desktop OS as well.
If we're judging the future based on what an actual LEADER at making tablets is doing, then Apple is the future, and Microsoft is just proving itself to be the dumb frat-boys that got lucky company that many always accused it of being, that has virtually nothing going for it other than having once lucked out in achieving a near monopoly OS position that it's been exploiting ever since. They're not leading with Win8, they're making a lame attempt at following.
On the desktop side they're making an abomination. On the tablet side its looking OK but too expensive, though this may be fixed by cheaper Intel based tablets or the RT tablets.how is Microsoft ruining this concept?
Having said that, I was looking at the new touch type mouse Microsoft just announced and it may make Win 8 a little more palatable on the desktop.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/microsoft-touch-mouse-now-supports-windows-8-gestures/Do you have a link to this mouse?
Exactly.They could easily cater to both desktop users and tablet users by allowing desktops users to choose which interface they would like to use. It can't be that difficult. Have a check box at first boot, then put the damn start menu code back in. It's incredibly idiotic not to allow this.
How much code do you think that 'start menu' has ..I'd rather they remove as much legacy code as possible to make win8 as lightweight as possible.... to those that want it let them muck up windows and put that code back in themselves. Don't force it on the majority who will just use the new start screen.
On the desktop side they're making an abomination. On the tablet side its looking OK but too expensive, though this may be fixed by cheaper Intel based tablets or the RT tablets.
Having said that, I was looking at the new touch type mouse Microsoft just announced and it may make Win 8 a little more palatable on the desktop.
Adding any 3rd party application to have a start menu is just *ucking up the computer, no one like to add spam apps to windows.
You are right in that their are only a few Win8 tablets out or announced (The one that's out is running Win7 until Win8 is released), so I am looking at only a small sample size so far. Of those that have been announced with price, the cost is high (>=$1500). I call that expensive compared to other tablets and also to more powerful laptops, i.e., those things that it will be competing with.What makes it "expensive"? Could you explain that? We have litterally no information on the cost of Windows RT tablets and only a few mentions of the x86 tablets.
And MS decides to kill Metro, so to speak!!! Back pedaling anyone?
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/microsoft-discontinues-use-of-metro-name-2012083/