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MS would have to pay me to use Metro (any version).
Been there, tried that (for a year), didn't like it...
Regards,
GEWB
Microsoft Can't Sell Windows 8, So It's Giving It Away
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LOL.
Maybe MS are thinking people will try it and then find they are stuck with it.
A few will come to forums to get rid of it. But many will not know to do that, or be worried about trying something complicated, so they just remain lumbered with it.
Good plan MS.
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I may give it a try and if I don't like it and I can't go back to Windows 7, then I will use my recovery disks I ordered from Lenovo and go back to Windows 7 since that is what my laptop was always meant for
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I am sure even those 10.7% of users are exaggerated because there are probably many like me that got a cheap license in the beginning but are not really using it other than poking at it at times.
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It's too bad that users can't seem to see past Metro in Win 8/8.1. In Win 8 it's only necessary to see Metro for a brief second until the desktop icon is clicked. In 8.1 the user can configure the system to completely bypass Metro and boot direct to desktop. Why is Metro such a big deal? If you don't like it, don't use it.
I use Win 8.1 on my laptop and don't even remember the last time I used Metro there.
Microsoft Can't Sell Windows 8, So It's Giving It Away
Posted: 05 Mar 2014
More doubling-down on New Coke:
Source: Microsoft Can't Sell Windows 8, So It's Giving It AwayMicrosoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) is pulling a 180. After lambasting Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ) for collecting data on its users to sell ads, Microsoft is prepared to do the exact same thing. With weak sales of Windows 8, Microsoft is preparing to offer a free upgrade to Windows 8.1 for Windows 7 users. "Windows 8.1 with Bing," as the name implies, will feed users into Bing search and other Bing services as well as Microsoft's cloud-based services.
Free OS upgrades are something new to Microsoft, but not to the industry. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) offered free upgrades to its newest Mac OS X last year, and Google offers free upgrades for Chromebooks and Android devices that support the update. The move is questionable for Microsoft, however, which has typically received $50 per device from OEMs to license Windows.
Nobody is upgrading?
Windows 8 is a strong departure from its predecessors, focusing more on touch devices than traditional mouse and keyboard inputs. So far, the new user interface has been a flop. Only 10.7% of PC users have Windows 8 or 8.1 installed, according to Net Applications. More telling is that fewer than half of Windows 8 users have installed the 8.1 update.
Comparatively, Windows 7 commands a 47.3% share of the market, and 12-year-old Windows XP still has 29.5% of the market. Even though Microsoft has scheduled April 8 as the final day of support for XP, about one-third of Windows users are still on the operating system. The anticipated rush to upgrade has yet to materialize, and it might never happen.
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