>>>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'm not sure I see it as a desktop interface. Mobile, maybe. I saw a good presentation about it on Saturday. For sure it is a new paradigm.
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>Phone Metro already works fine. Tablet/POS/etc would work fine.
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>Desktop or laptop? It's like a giant leap backwards to Win 3.1 or Apple's Finder task switchers (that Apple used to lie about and call it multitasking) except no windows - each Metro app is full screen or switched out and suspended.
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>With Metro as the default interface I see this as another OS that corporate America (and elsewhere) completely skips for desktop/laptop use.

I don't see it in widespread corporate use any time soon. I do see it as a promising new UI, especially for mobile.