90% of computer forums seem to be comprised of hindsight sheep, bandwagoners, and know-it-all personalities. Other than the people that react to "I want to overclock, wut to do?" by saying "you're stupid, don't even bother. it's stupid to do on a laptop", you know... the types that don't know what to do, don't enjoy answering questions, but must put in their 2 cents at any cost by insulting and discouraging people instead of giving any relevant data- the types mentioned above are the 2nd most annoying.
This is ridiculous, all you youngins and casual PC guys- here's a story for you. Vista was a UNIVERSAL failure... there was nothing redeeming about the system. It was hated by all. Yes some hated it blindly and ignorantly, but the ones that actually did use it had every right to complain. From no driver support, to a completely redesigned and disturbingly ugly UI, with buttons and menus replaced with nonsensical and dumbed-down versions every single place you went- up to absolutely crippling features like the UAC that wasn't just some over-hyped complaint, but a ridiculously intrusive, work-stopping problem. The bloat of the OS and absurd minimum requirements made no sense either.
Windows 7 got it right, yeah it took all the 'good' from Vista like it's attempt at a sleeker UI, and more logical places to put menus, but Vista wasn't like a generation-1 iPod that got it aaaalmost right but just needed a little more refinement, it was just a huge pile of vomit with some small pieces of coal Microsoft had to pick out to refine into diamonds.
This is exactly what Metro is, which really sucks... I just think the staff that make the calls at Microsoft are not really the A-team in this generation. Everything since Windows Mobile 6+Vista (so since 2007) has been failure after failure, with the one huge exception and savior being Windows 7. I'm glad they stayed away from the professional market (Server platforms), but from what I'm seeing Metro's even being incorporated to Server 2012.
Another problem- Microsoft advertises its bloatware like its 1st-party malware for every single product it has. Want an MS keyboard? Here's a 100mb driver+app install prompt for you. Want IE9? Of course you do, let MS ask you every time you open up an IE window. How about safety features, phishing filters, privacy protection, default applications, plugin blocking, safesearching? So Metro's an awesome place to throw on insane features like the "store" on the desktop in a professional working environment. Can't wait.
I don't know how hard W8+Metro/WinRT stuff is gonna hurt its marketshare, or what it will do to the computer industry globally. I assume about the same as Vista, so people will just stick with W7 until a nice, refined (hopefully sans-Metro, or at least fully-integrated and not half-and-half chunks of UI) version of the interface and system comes out and saves everyone in a couple years. Maybe this will breed some new Microsoft competitor, some system that actually stands a chance at competing and goes for the same market.
It feels like Microsoft is just desperately trying to say "hey hey I'm creative and hip too!" to combat Apple and Google's platforms, but it's like putting a backwards neon hat and D.A.R.E. shirt on a 60 year old man, throwing a Twitter sticker on his hat and trying to say the same thing. It's just not the right way to go about it, they've got so many other strengths. They should have the business-suit tried-and-true OS, and allow the guys that come to work casual every day and slide from their offices into giant ballpits to get to the kitchen do their own thing. There's really no competing there.
I can't believe anyone that actually has to use computers professionally would stick up for the OS, so I assume everyone loving Vista and this Metro UI doesn't get paid to maintain them as systems.
