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In my opinion Microsoft is forcing this change. I still think that forcing a tablet interface on your faithful desktop users that have been using your desktop products for over 25 years is just really bad marketing. A tablet interface doesn't work on a desktop and a desktop interface doesn't work on a tablet. Why the hell would you combine them?

I've tried the consumer preview and it took me way too long to adapt to the tablet interface. Things just didn't make ANY sense until I switched my head from desktop mode to tablet mode. Once I did that I could suddenly find everything I needed in the (poorly designed) apps in the Metro interface. But that means that whenever you want to use the Metro interface (for whatever reason, I see no reason to use it on a desktop at all) you have to switch your entire work flow.

Biggest thing though, is the removal of the start menu. Not only does Microsoft offer people a desktop/tablet hybrid, they actually try to force you to use it the way they want. I use the start menu easily 20 times a day because it holds all my programs, how would Windows 8 suggest I open my programs? Icons on the desktop? Use the stupid icon in the startbar thing which I never thought worked on OSx, let alone on Windows?

No thanks, I'll stay on Windows 7 for as long as I can. It's working fine and I have absolutely no reason to switch.