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OK, the latest beta version of Dexpot works - I'm good! Metro is also surprisingly intuitive - I've picked up everything on the first try (the corner actions a

OK, the latest beta version of Dexpot works - I'm good! Metro is also surprisingly intuitive - I've picked up everything on the first try (the corner actions are cool, too). Now, what I don't like: - All of the advanced settings (Control Panel and everything) are hard to access; - WIN-TAB shows only Metro apps, but ALT-TAB shows Metro and the normal apps, cluttering the interface. - While I like the Metro apps and will probably use them, the desktop should be loading by default on a laptop/desktop - there's no reason not to do it, and it looks like it's easily doable with some tweaked settings; - The dumbed down everything feeling of Metro is cool at first, but gets annoying on a laptop after a while; - I had to register a LIVE account to login to the OS - what if I don't have an Internet connection? But that's about it - Windows 8 looks like a great OS, I like it. I still don't get why Microsoft had to make it an all-in-one OS for tablets and desktops when they could've packed Metro only for a tablet edition, but whatever...

recoiledsnake 15y ago
>I had to register a LIVE account to login to the OS - what if I don't have an Internet connection? I believe there's way to create a normal user account as well. Also your live credentials are cached for use when the PC is offline. >I still don't get why Microsoft had to make it an all-in-one OS for tablets and desktops when they could've packed Metro only for a tablet edition, but whatever.. Because you'd be able to dock the tablet or connect a monitor mouse/keyboard and have the full Windows desktop experience on a x86 tablet. Metro only will limit its power.
- jakeonthemove 15y ago
  That makes sense... I'm not really complaining, but I can already see myself using desktop most of the time and rarely going into Metro on my laptop... that's exactly why I won't be upgrading anytime soon :-)
freehunter 15y ago
When I first installed Win8, I didn't have a network connection. It completely skipped logging into a Microsoft Account and walked me through creating a local account. If you try to log on without networking, I would imagine it caches your last used login information as a local account. I haven't tried it, but this is how previous Windows versions worked when you were using a domain login.

recoiledsnake 15y ago

>I had to register a LIVE account to login to the OS - what if I don't have an Internet connection? I believe there's way to create a normal user account as well. Also your live credentials are cached for use when the PC is offline. >I still don't get why Microsoft had to make it an all-in-one OS for tablets and desktops when they could've packed Metro only for a tablet edition, but whatever.. Because you'd be able to dock the tablet or connect a monitor mouse/keyboard and have the full Windows desktop experience on a x86 tablet. Metro only will limit its power.

jakeonthemove 15y ago
That makes sense... I'm not really complaining, but I can already see myself using desktop most of the time and rarely going into Metro on my laptop... that's exactly why I won't be upgrading anytime soon :-)

freehunter 15y ago

When I first installed Win8, I didn't have a network connection. It completely skipped logging into a Microsoft Account and walked me through creating a local account. If you try to log on without networking, I would imagine it caches your last used login information as a local account. I haven't tried it, but this is how previous Windows versions worked when you were using a domain login.