I honestly cannot stand this OS for more than 5 minutes, this isn't fanboyism or whatever else you want to say, it's my personal opinion on the operating system.
It's slow to start-up, quite a bit slower than XP, it would seem microsoft has tried to hide this by using a hybrid sleep option as the default shutdown method.
The GUI, why does everything need to be animated and fancy? All this people longing after Aero, don't bother it's ugly and harsh on the eyes, why must microsoft insist on this truetype rubbish aswell, I like my text sharp not blurry. Also, compared to the classic style of XP, it takes up a lot more screen estate.
The control panel is a complete and utter mess now, you'd do well to find anything in that jumble of icons, things aren't where you'd expect them to be, maybe I'm a little unwilling to learn a new layout, but there was nothing wrong with the tried and tested control panel in XP.
Nothing seems to fit together, the layout of things vary's wildly between applications, it feels like each dev team were shut in a dark room and not allowed to talk to the others, it's like a patchwork quilt.
You cant as much as sneeze without user access control halting the system and asking you if you're sure you'd like to perform the action, I bloody well just double clicked it, what do you think?
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll think of some other things to complain about.
It's slow to start-up, quite a bit slower than XP, it would seem microsoft has tried to hide this by using a hybrid sleep option as the default shutdown method.
The GUI, why does everything need to be animated and fancy? All this people longing after Aero, don't bother it's ugly and harsh on the eyes, why must microsoft insist on this truetype rubbish aswell, I like my text sharp not blurry. Also, compared to the classic style of XP, it takes up a lot more screen estate.
The control panel is a complete and utter mess now, you'd do well to find anything in that jumble of icons, things aren't where you'd expect them to be, maybe I'm a little unwilling to learn a new layout, but there was nothing wrong with the tried and tested control panel in XP.
Nothing seems to fit together, the layout of things vary's wildly between applications, it feels like each dev team were shut in a dark room and not allowed to talk to the others, it's like a patchwork quilt.
You cant as much as sneeze without user access control halting the system and asking you if you're sure you'd like to perform the action, I bloody well just double clicked it, what do you think?
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll think of some other things to complain about.
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hey the Santa hats have gone! Turn off UAC, disable Aero, change control panel to classic, hey let your hair down have a play with it 
Been using it as my main OS for a few months now. Will not be going back to XP. A few drivers require maturing but I can wait for that (I fully expect them to be ready for official public release).
). Secondly you need to tune it to your eyes as everyone colour perception is slightly different. Google ClearType tuner and it should be the first link