So basically you were stuck in metro, didn't want to learn anything or adapt as you boast being able to do for a quarter century and instead call it the worst ever even though your lone complaint can be solved by a half dozen FREE programs.
Miles apart in our definition of adaptability, but I think we're on the same page now.
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You're making some really bad assumptions and still completely missing my point. You're unhappy with a professional's negative opinion, which is fine. But I'm simply trying to explain why I think it's the worst OS I've ever used.
I'll put all my cards on the table. Yes, I'm long time software pro. I thought that would lend a little context and credibility rather than offend, but I apparently thought wrong. As a developer for Win 8 and many other OS's, I have many copies of it which I use for development and testing. I've tested it quite thoroughly and use it even today when I have to. I know all the in's and out's, I know my way around metro and the desktop and have used most of the start menu replacements quite successfully. I am not stuck in metro land. I've already adapted to Win 8 just like every other OS I've had to use over the years (against my better judgement). So that ship has sailed. I wish I could get those wasted hours of my life back, but I can't. Win 8 is so bad on so many levels, I see no reason to embrace it or expend the required effort to adapt to it (although I already have in many respects). What I can do is not use it in my home or on my own personal system at work, which is what I've elected to do. I go out of my way to buy systems without Win 8 or at least downgrade when possible.
Perhaps an analogy will help illustrate my point. I could adapt to wearing scuba gear in everyday life (Win 8). I could add mechanical devices to restore my dexterity (start menu replacement). It would be awkward, but I'd get used to it, and life would go on. One benefit is I'd probably get more oxygen than I would otherwise (better performance). But that's not enough for me to voluntarily subject myself to all the drawbacks. I look at Win 8 the same way. It bogs me down in my everyday tasks and makes everything take twice the time and effort. What used to take 2 clicks now takes 3 or 4 plus a text search or cryptic keyboard shortcut or hunting expedition.
Now to give credit where credit is due, monkeys and toddlers can probably navigate to twitter or facebook on Win 8 quite easily, and even finger paint. But I need a little more functionality than that.
I can adapt to the Win 8 way, but why should I when the Win 7 way is so much more efficient. Win 8 may boot a little faster and be a little more secure. But those small gains aren't worth the losses in other more important areas. Add to that the odd mix of interfaces, ugly and inefficient styling, requiring text searches to find programs and settings, nonsensical icons, and often used functions being removed or hidden in bizarre locations, and you have a recipe for disaster. They took everything good about OS design and threw it out the window just so they could bolt on some playskool start page.
So, in my uninformed, ignorant, baseless, hyperbolic opinion, Win 8 is still the worst OS I've ever seen.
