Does anyone prefer Metro on a desktop (no touch) machine?

[thedoc46]

So,

Installed Win8 yesterday, cos i thought its about time I started to get familiar with it.

Like the fast startup and shutdown, as I'm sure you all do.

Pinned the essentials on the desktop.

Not really spent too much time on the Metro interface. What time i have spent, has not exactly been fun. Not sure i'm ready to drop 7 from all my other machines.

This isn't a bash Win8 post. I'm just curious, who when they first installed Win8, decided they actually prefer the new Metro look and feel, over the tried and tested Win7 formula ?

I guess either we all grow to love it, or Microsoft drastically admit defeat and go back to how it was in Win7. Which personally I can't see them doing.

I'm trying my best to let it grow on me, because that's the way things are going. Even 8.1 which i've not tried, seems to have not drastically changed from vanilla 8.

 

[thedoc46]

Lots of large companies have signed upto win8, which is surprising as its so early on.

I'm not so sure that's correct. Most companies are staying away. In the US at least. I work in IT, and visit many companies as part of my job. I've not seen a single Windows 8 installation in any corporate environment. Actually I've just purchased a copy so i can become familiar with how to do the simple things, just in case I come across a copy at a site, and so that I do not look like a thumbling fool trying to do something simple.

 

[thedoc46]

Netflix makes sense because it's something you want fullscreen. Any app that involves consuming content (as in most tablet apps) works fine as a Metro app. Composing an email using the Metro app on a Windows 8 laptop where you need to reference multiple other areas for information (so like a webpage, document, calendar etc) is a frustrating experience.

This so far has been my experience.