I do not use Start8 or any other 3rd party app and I never use Metro UI, I exit out of it on first boot and never see it again.
I use a mouse/KB and Windows 8 is 95% the same as Windows 7 in general usage. I use ZERO metro Apps. I use NOTHING from the Store.
Windows 8 forces NOTHING on me. I am not forced to install anything, use any 'apps' or otherwise.
You are spouting tripe and have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
Windows 8 provides superior multiple monitor support and is generally better all round under the hood.
I'm the same since I go to the old desktop UI most of the time,I use Metro to access my games,software when I need too(less then a second to right click in left corner is it hard guys?) added some stuff on taskbar,have it all organised in both Metro(column wise) and the old desktop UI,still a die hard keyboard and mouse user here(proud of that and nothing better for gaming lol).
In some ways Metro is more efficient then the old Start menu and I can appreciate that,I know where all my stuff is exactly.
I don't use the Metro applications much either,sometimes I browse store to see what's new and available etc but normally I just download stuff the old fashioned way from old desktop UI via my browser just like Win7,Vista,XP,98,95 etc....
Personallly YOU DON'T need the old Start menu button,I don't know why some users can't get use without one unless they can't be bothered to organise their old desktop and Metro(why make it hard for yourself),however if you find it easier with one fine but just remember things don't last forever so expect changes down the road yet again.
I have heard ALL the excuses on why you need one,fact is half a dozen Linux users don't have one so its not just Win8,infact I use plenty of different operating systems with and without one,it's not hard to adapt or organise the OS in question, some members here could learn and try not to throw cheap insults at others members here(especially to the members that don't use a third pary button mod).
Problem is quite simple really, some users expect OS to stay the same and nothing to change,Start button had to go sooner or later and as you know nothing stays the same forever so get over it, if don't like Win8 or the button missing fine but don't expect Microsoft to keep to the Win95 to Win7 UI forever since you are not being realistic and also try to bitch/moan without throwing cheap insults at other members here(MatTheCat you should know better) and at the same time be constructive.
Anyway like always I adapt and can use any OS that comes my way either on Windows or Linux,if I don't like it fine I won't use it,its that simple .
As it stands Win8 is pretty good for a first hybrid OS IMHO,sure improvements will happen,but then look at how Windows evolved over the decades from the early days.
Change can be a scarey thing for some people,especially when they don't like something,I'll say I never had a perfect OS since always something I did not like and that includes all my Linux and Windows distros,ie Ubuntu,Win7 etc..I just adapt and make the OS work for me best I can,ones I hate I avoid.
In fact, anyone who is using a mouse/keyboard PC, and doesn't have Start8 installed thus circumnavigating all the absolute ****** that MS is trying to force down our throats, and still says Windows 8 is good.....is mental and would probably say that dog turd sandwiches were better than the ploughman's cheese n pickle ones they got before.
That's what I mean by cheap insults,again you have a choice you don't have to use any Microsoft OS and even if you do still have plenty of choices.
Btw if that was in other forum sites I know you would have got a warning by a Mod for that insulting statement
Remember nobody is forced to use an OS it's your choice(work environment excluded since it's your job/choice).
I look forward to Win9,10 etc....
I wonder what people will moan about in Win9,10,11 ,lol book my front seat
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and the system runs like a dream, not a single problem or crash on Windows 8.
