Vista wasn't as bad as most people think. Kudos to Apple for making the perceptions worse than the product really was. I know lots of people who never even tried Vista due purely to Apple's marketing. I've also stated Microsoft did poor marketing for Vista, but then, Microsoft marketing has never been very good.

I don't miss the hierarchical menu because I've learned how to use the tools that are there. And again, I find it easier...but that could be because of the way I work vs. how you work.

All I've ever said is 1) I like it better than Windows 7 2) Microsoft's reasoning for the change 3) Don't spite it until you've tried it for a while (more than a couple of days) 4) Many people don't like it because human's are naturally resistant to change 5) I think it's here to stay and will eventually the desktop will be gone (my opinion. Microsoft has said nothing to back that up. However, several columnists have said the same thing) 6) Technical reasons why Win8 is better (faster load/wake up times, sandboxing, etc)

I've never said 1) Microsoft made the right decision with Metro 2) Microsoft made the wrong decsion with Metro 3) Everyone will like it better

In the end, most of the reasons people do or do not like Win8 are based on personal preference, something you can't really quantify.

We'll have to wait to see what Windows Blue has to offer before we can say if I'm right or wrong about future Windows. But my guess is, Metro is here to stay for some time.


>Microsoft did Vista. It sucked.
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>Microsoft tries to force Metro on Win8. It sucks (yes - you say it's great because Microsoft says so - still a tiny minority opinion).
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>Microsoft should rename Windows 8 to Vista Bob or something just to give people a realistic idea of how much it is liked.
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>AFTER you get to a desktop, it's not too bad but it is crippled with no customizable, hierarchical menu as we've had for over a decade.
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>Once you do an internet search you can find add on start menu replacements. It's nice to have to do extra work and use third party tools to regain the functionality previous versions have had built in since the last century.