I think Microsoft jumped the gun by a few years, the Surface 2 Pro is the computing concept I think they believed was the future. I run Windows 8 exclusively a

I think Microsoft jumped the gun by a few years, the Surface 2 Pro is the computing concept I think they believed was the future. I run Windows 8 exclusively and I use a Start Menu replacement called Start Is Back, and it's great. It was only $3. I never use Metro on my 27" screen. HOWEVER, I'm really keen to get something like the Lenovo Helix [1], as I think that's where things are going to go (like an iPad that has an i5 and runs both iOS and OS X). Sensible friends of mine who have the original Surface say metro is great as a tablet UI, the only annoyance being that the Store is lacking in many apps. Either way, I think Metro is OK, they just screwed up the roll out. As we see more devices like the Surface 2 Pro, the Dell Venue 11 and the Lenovo Thinkpad Helix, it'll start to make more sense. [1] http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/tablets/thinkpad/thinkpad-helix/ http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/tablets/thinkpad/thinkpad-hel...