Windows 8 Compatibility

[Laraul]

Win8 made the mistake of forcing the tablet UI on a desktop system. They should have made Metro run as a Desktop application, not vice versa. And since ARM can't run windows programs anyway, there would be no mixup.

Metro is good on a touchscreen, but for mice, it sucks. I tried both the consumer and the release preview and it's a complete mess of metro intruding on aero and vice versa, like half of the control panel still being aero.

No. Metro is overall a better interface. Explorer is clunky. Face it... most everything people use is located via a shortcut on THE DESKTOP. Metro simplifies this.

I was gonna keep quiet, but this comment made me speak up. What exactly is the advantage of windows 8 over windows 7 on a desktop without a touchscreen? It's my understanding that W8 has huge advances in usability for tablet PCs, but what advantages does it have for non-tablet PCs?

The Metro interface is presently used on the Xbox360 as it's primary UI and the Xbox360 does not use a touchscreen interface. And I hate to break it too you a tablet with a touchscreen UI isn't much different than desktop mouse driven UI.