>>Does anyone think it doesn't suck on a desktop?
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>>Why in the he77 Microsoft would try to make that a default for an OS that likely targets desktop users is absolutely beyond me.
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>>The OS itself seems pretty good, but they've Vista'd the interface. I would have expected them to have learned not to throw a crappy interface at people just to be different. Obviously I was wrong.
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>>Of course even the non-Metro desktop has changed fairly drastically (not Vista'd, but considerably different).
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>>They should make Metro a non-default installation option - "Do you want a cutesy touch interface or are you using a real computer?"
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>>Yeah - I've been playing with that and Visual Studio 11 all day.
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>I agree. My first impression was like a video game. But, I believe they are targeting at providing the same or similar interface as the smartphones, which is for the vast majority of people using cell phones. I haven't had the time to check it out though. But, when releasing some news here, I had the occasions to see some snapshots and some info on the topic.

The interface works fine on a phone - my WP7 phone is easy to use with it.

OTOH I'm not multitasking/trying to open multiple windows/trying to do any of thousands of things I've been used to doing in Windows for way over a decade on my phone.