Like I said its a fantastic TABLET interface and i use Surface rt a lot so yeah its great for that. Win 8 hasn't removed much from 7 instead it has optimized a lot of things.

For desktop purposes its still good but there is a learning curve.

It doesn't really take much time to pick it up

Doesn't take long, but people just don't want to learn even for 5 minutes.

@SilentNegotiator

''Yeah, yeah, everyone that doesn't like what you like just didn't give it a chance, getting to learn it is the exact same thing as getting to like it, blah blah blah, same old W8 fanboy rhetoric over and over.''

How am I a fanboy? Just stating its a much better OS, I have used 7 for years now.

Also about liking something which it requires trying it most of the time. How would you know you dont like a certain food?

Yea there are certain things you can tell right at the start, like clothes but again it comes with experience. A kid cant do that.

Win 8 interface is something very very new. Unless you actually give it a spin you'll never know how handy it is. I dont have to go through 3 steps to get something done anymore. Literally there are sooo many uses to it. Ppl are just used to a certain way, even if an easier method is provided they will go the longer more difficult route coz they know it by heart.

Anyways just ignore if u arent interested. But dont bash my post coz i like it.

Yeah, yeah, everyone that doesn't like what you like just didn't give it a chance, getting to learn it is the exact same thing as getting to like it, blah blah blah, same old W8 fanboy rhetoric over and over.

Agree with SilentNegotiator.. the interface looks horrible. I can see it being good for tablets and smartphones but I don't know what Microsoft was smoking when they keep advertising that ui for Windows 8 for desktop PCs.

I'm getting a new laptop around about November time and one of the first things I'll be doing is getting rid of Windows 8 and replacing it with Windows 7.

people don't like changing when there are easier ways to do the same task. can you blame them for that?

i moved from windows to ubuntu knowing not much about it and i still found that easier than windows 8.

I am a serious desktop user, I build desktops for fun, I also have a bachelors degree in Information Systems & IT-management, and I am currently studying computer science. All my computers are now running Windows 8, and I have never worked faster before. People just think Windows 8 = Metro, but I hardly use Metro at all. For work and desktop use, you just use it as a start menu, and for that purpose it works rather well.

People need to stop using Windows as they did with XP, where they navigate menues. Ever since Vista, the way to open programs is to press the Windows key and start typing the name of the program untill it shows up, and then press enter. This is the essence of Windows 8 desktop use. It pretty much forces you to do it, and it is a superior and faster way to use the OS. Why people are still pressing the start menu, and navigating through "All programs" is beyond me. This was the single greatest change Vista brought to the table.

I have lots of previous experience with different Linux distro's including Ubuntu and Mint, which are both excellent. However Windows 8 is certainly the best Windows so far.

And that is probably one of the many reasons Balmer is leaving.

Windows 8 may not be considered as much of a failure as Vista, but the Surface was. I believe Windows 8, Surface, and the Xbox One DRM fiasco contributed quite a bit toward the decision of Balmer's departure. Again not the sole reasons, but definite contributors.

For anyone who doesn't get why Metro is bad on desktops, if you own a Mac with OS 10.6-10.8 imagine having to use "Launch Pad", an OPTIONAL interface in Mac OS X that houses all your applications in one place and presents them a la iOS iPad-like, ALL THE TIME.

There is a reason Apple made Launch Pad optional; a tablet interface, no matter how much you want it to, does not translate well to a traditional desktop working environment. This is the pitfall of Launch Pad (which is never utilized by many) and Metro. Both interfaces are great on tablets (or slates for those who have been around a while) but in a touchscreen-less keyboard and mouse environment the interfaces become more convoluted and unintuitive to use and efficiency breaks down very quickly and learning curves skyrocket exponentially.