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If you are using Windows 8 on a Desktop / Laptop, why do you want to shy away from the Desktop. Use the metro chrome if you are happy with it. Else, use the des

• meaty 14y ago
  I think it's because Metro punches you in the face regularly when you are a desktop user if you like it or not (which I don't). I rather liked Windows the way it was. Things were in the right place. I'm a luddite though - running classic theme in Windows 7 (and I still use Excel 97).
• mtgx 14y ago
  The usability of desktop mode Windows 8 is actually worse than Windows 7.
• gregd 14y ago
  Because you have to shy away from the desktop to launch anything. "Metro" is the new start menu.
  • numo16 14y ago
    Unless, of course, you pin your most used applications to the taskbar or create a shortcut on the desktop. Honestly, it is pretty easy to avoid the metro screen if you really want to. In any given day, I may see the metro screen 2-3 times the entire day, on average, all because I setup my machine to work the way it is most productive for me.
• emlynoregan 14y ago
  Well, the reason I was being, honestly, a douche about using Metro, is that this is the future direction of Windows. I don't expect their roadmap has a desktop appearing at all in Windows 10. Maybe not even in Windows 9. It's a transitional thing.