Metro UI is not that good, especially when you don't have a touch screen. Like essenbe said, it runs very smooth and is very stable for a beta release. One thing to note, Ribbon UI has made its way to everything including windows explorer. That said, I think they will lose a significant chunk of the business market because of the UI changes.
I installed it on an extra machine I use as a test bed so I haven't used it for any real work, just for playing around. I have to agree with the other posts here; the ribbon seems like a step backwards and I can't see how it would ever make things more efficient. The start interface could be a step in the right direction for a mobile device, but it's just eye candy that seems to get in the way on a non-touchscreen desktop.
I make a living creating audio media on my machines, and the thought of doing real work in the environment I have seen so far makes me sick to my stomach. I've decided to stop thinking about it. Put me down as another user sticking with 7 for a while longer.
Installed but soon removed the Metro interface. I use the standard desktop, with the standard (Windows 7), menu. It is identical to Windows 7 in all functions. Why bother? Well, there is a slightly improved performance issue all round, which is worth experimenting with. I use the OS a good deal, and have installed a lot of my software without problems. I will probably keep it running until, at least, the Beta pops up, as a dual boot..
Windows 8 just wate untill the RTM comes out it will = Windows ME
I have not installed the preview myself for Windows 7 does everything I want it to do. However, there are a couple of issues with Windows 7 that the next system can improve. Mostly that's the file transfer speeds and the annoying "discovering items" situation. The folks at the Windows 8 Forums (well, same people as here, basically :) ), tell me that it's a bit faster. I think I will give the beta a try. However, if it does not perform faster than Windows 7 does, I will not be upgrading. The UI is not the point of the OS, imho. The performance is.
Clearly it's early, but it just seems like Microsoft took the regular desktop...then took a touch centric UI design (Metro) and just forced them together. In it's present incarnation, it just doesn't feel integrated, but rather clunky and awkward. The fact that I cannot seem to find any way to actually shut down a running application that I launched from the Metro GUI is just frustrating. For example, everytime I hit "Ink Pad", it just brings up what it suspended from before. I DO NOT NEED all running apps suspended until next use. I want to close them, stop them, put them away, not let them consume any type of resources...albeit very small amounts. And the fact that I cannot actually get multiple applications running on the same desktop and sized "the way I want", not however metro feels it should be done is just aggravating.
If Windows 8 looks anything like it does today at release, I won't feel any reason whatsoever to move to it. And I haven't taken the time to open an 8 forums account either because I have next to no interest to even talk about this new OS. A thread like this, here or there, is really all I can take.
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