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Agreed. Still, Microsoft still deserves some blame for failing to offer reasons to upgrade. For example, they could have been improving resolution independence

Agreed. Still, Microsoft still deserves some blame for failing to offer reasons to upgrade. For example, they could have been improving resolution independence in Windows and encouraging high-DPI displays instead of 1366x768 dreck. Or they could have taken the correct observation that overlapping windows are often confusing, and rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater via Metro, come up with some sort of automatic tiling window manager that lets you effectively take advantage of large screens. Instead they've deliberately sacrificed desktop usability in favor of tablets, and are surprised that people aren't flocking to it.

supergauntlet 14y ago
Windows Vista had tiling somewhat hidden away (you had to use ctrl and select 2 windows in the taskbar, right click and select 'tile horizontally/vertically'), and in 7 it's hidden even further (you have to open up task manager, hold ctrl, right click, and tile). It was there, just not particularly well implemented. I've seen some really good Linux tiling WMs, as well as extensions for GNOME that make tiling simple, I can't understand why Microsoft is incapable of doing the same.