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

[Glaucus]

The circumstances don't really matter when you're comparing two numbers though. Compared to Windows 7, Windows 8 adoption is abysmal.

Of course it does.
Circumstances change, which means numbers change.

Sales are down, win7 hasn't been out a decade and is in dire need of changing.
And sales are far from dire. They aren't what MS wanted, but they had unrealistic views in desktop market.
In the tablet market they have made a ton of mistakes, but 5% of tablet sales allready is still far from a disaster seeing how long it usually takes to build marketshare.
But it could off easily been over 10% by now.

Despite what you say you can not get any meaning from comparing two numbers. Comparing two numbers without context or analysis tells you nothing.

 

[Confused]

I have absolutely nothing but Desktop on my Metro screen, and I use absolutely nothing but the desktop.

If I want an app, I hit Start and begin typing the name of the app I want (if it's not already pinned to the taskbar) - exactly the same method I've used since Vista was released.

 

[Caged]

I can't even work out what point you're arguing any more. I'm not an idiot, I am aware that circumstances will change sales figures - you don't sell many barbecues in December. They aren't relevant when looking at historical data since those circumstances can't change because it's already happened. They might go a long way to explain the figures, but it doesn't change that data.

I'm not arguing why Windows 8 hasn't sold well compared to 7, I'm arguing that the statement that Windows 8 has been picked up poorly compared to Windows 7 is correct. You constantly attacking a straw man doesn't make that statement any less accurate.

 

[Glaucus]

I'm not arguing why Windows 8 hasn't sold well compared to 7, I'm arguing that the statement that Windows 8 has been picked up poorly compared to Windows 7 is correct. You constantly attacking a straw man doesn't make that statement any less accurate.

And you seem to think this is vital, that it sells better than win7, which is totally wrong. Why use win7 as the benchmark? What does using win7 as a benchmark mean? This is the problem with your statements, your attributing stuff to them, without proper analysis. It's selling poorly co pared to win7 does not automatically equal diss aster like you make out.
If you analysis it yes it's not selling as good as win7 (depending what figures you use) as it actually shipped comparable/more licenses to begin with than win7)

Back to strarwman, learnt what that means yet? Doesn't look like it.

 

[Caged]

I have no idea what that last sentence said because you can't use a keyboard, so I can't answer your question.

Ah, you've corrected it (sort of). Yes, I know what it means, that was why I used it.

 

[Elevon]

I'm sort of neutral on Metro,don't mind it now especially since I know my way around Win8,it has some good points etc..

End of the day I don't mind using Metro,one good thing it helps me keep my old desktop UI nice and clean.

 

[KIA]

No, I have no need for a full-screen 'touch' menu on any desktop system. For this reason I use Start8/StartIsBack.

 

[Woden]

It took me a while but I really have gotten quite attached to metro on my desktop.

I spend most of my time in the traditional desktop but some things do just feel better in metro. The mail app is decent, for one mailbox at least as that's all I have tried. Netflix works better as an app and the live tiles are very useful once you get used to them being there. So much info at the press of one button!

Obviously this is all my opinion, stuff like this is very much personal preference.

 

[Caged]

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.

 

[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.