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No not me :) with Win 7..PC only 12mhts old.. no need
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New #32
i've now been playing with it (or rather poking it with a stick) for a couple of weeks - it's not really my cup of tea.
i don't think i'll be upgrading even if it was free (unless they make some back-tracking changes before release). the new task manager and file-copy dialogue are nice, but maybe i'm getting too old and neophobic to appreciate metro and charms. (@#%&ing charms - who thought that one up?
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but then again i suppose i'll have to get a copy so i can deal with my clients' and friends' problems when they buy a new pc with 8 pre-installed.
if any mod is reading this, can i change my vote from 'not made mind up' to 'no'?
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New #33
Since it looks like it's geared mostly towards touch pads, I'll stay with 7 unless they make some improvement, like add the option to set it up for desktop use. I hope they will, being that 7 offered to option to set it up as "classic" windows.
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New #34
I'm still on the fence - but I'm really starting to find the metro side of things far more counter productive than the so called 'work flow improvement' it's being touted as. The apps themselves, while 'previews' aren't impressive and 98% of them are uninstalled/unused.
My biggest gripe isn't so much the loss of the start orb/menu, but the loss of the 'desktop search' function in the start menu. Being thrown back to Metro every time for an app search is becoming a real PITA.
My personal usage consists of 4 tiers of accessibility:
- Very frequently accessed apps like browsers, explorer etc. They get pinned to the taskbar. But I don't like clutter so I don't want a taskbar full of pinned apps. I only have 4 or five pinned at most.
- The next tier is pinning slightly less frequent apps to to the start menu. This is bloody handy.
- I also have folders on the desktop for some even lesser frequented apps/games that contain shortcuts. Metro idea without redundant clicks.
- For non-shortcut/pinned apps I use the start menu search to access functions/apps. This last tier of accessibility is the one that I'm missing the most with Metro.
- Very frequently accessed apps like browsers, explorer etc. They get pinned to the taskbar. But I don't like clutter so I don't want a taskbar full of pinned apps. I only have 4 or five pinned at most.
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New #35
no because I didn't enjoy the experience like I thought i would on win 8 so win 7,xp and ubuntu for me.
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New #40
I got nothing pinned, no icons on desktop either; I've come to depend almost entirely on the Win7 start menu search to launch practically everything - I just hit <win> then type the first few letters of the application's name, hit enter - wa-la, it's launched. <Win> + E gets me an explorer window.
Having to use the mouse again to launch programs is going to really cramp my style.
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