Windows 8 Metro - Not for Power Users

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

Windows 8, sure, but not the new Metro, whatever they call it now, interface.

Originally Posted by HarryT

Just regard it as a "Start" menu. I actually find it much better than the Windows 7 "Start" menu - it's a lot more configurable. You can get a program which will give you back the "traditional" Start menu if you're particularly attached to it.

Right, the Start Menu is the only Metro app you really need to use on a desktop. In the next update you will also be able to PIN metro apps to your desktop taskbar and also access the taskbar from a metro app. So, even if there is a metro app you like (there are some nice ones) then it's not as intrusive.

Better than an add-on to get you a start menu, there is one that allows you to run Metro apps in Windows on your desktop... yet another feature that I'm sure will be in Windows 8.2 or 9 or whatever they call the "Threshold" version they are working on.