Microsoft will force you to boot to Metro with Windows 8 and you will like it

JMH · Aug 6, 2012

With Windows 8, there are two distinct environments, Metro and the classic desktop. While each interface offers its own set of unique advantages, one option you won't have, according to Mary Jo Foley, is the ability to select which environment you boot into.

The post over at Zdnet and confirmed by Rafael Rivera (who has a new Windows 8 Secrets book out too), states that you cannot boot directly into the desktop experience and instead are forced to the new tiled interface. Of course, there are ways you can work around this and there are several keyboard shortcuts to get you back to the desktop as quickly as possible, but the idea that you cannot select where you boot too is a bit disappointing.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsof...-to-metro-with-windows-8-and-you-will-like-it

Trouble · Aug 6, 2012

Is it just me, or is Microsoft making it more and more difficult to like and defend them.
They don't have a name for the UI, Windows 8 Metro is out, some copyright or trademark issues. They can't call it the Windows 8 Desktop because it's not.
No native DVD playback
No native Media Center
Secure boot
A flattened over all UI no more AERO.
I really and truly wish them luck. I just hope they're not shooting themselves in the foot.

JMH · Aug 6, 2012

Trouble said:
Is it just me, or is Microsoft making it more and more difficult to like and defend them.
They don't have a name for the UI, Windows 8 Metro is out, some copyright or trademark issues. They can't call it the Windows 8 Desktop because it's not.
No native DVD playback
No native Media Center
Secure boot
A flattened over all UI no more AERO.
I really and truly wish them luck. I just hope they're not shooting themselves in the foot.

All yet to be revealed...

AceInfinity · Aug 7, 2012

Trouble said:
Is it just me, or is Microsoft making it more and more difficult to like and defend them.
They don't have a name for the UI, Windows 8 Metro is out, some copyright or trademark issues. They can't call it the Windows 8 Desktop because it's not.
No native DVD playback
No native Media Center
Secure boot
A flattened over all UI no more AERO.
I really and truly wish them luck. I just hope they're not shooting themselves in the foot.

I agree, Aero was the cleanest visual in my opinion. This Windows 8 "Basic/Simple" view made me wonder if they had given up on UI and decided to make it easier for their programmers. Less of the transparency, and more of a colored version of the Windows 98/2000 look. Did we "downgrade"?

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