When the first preview version came out I tried it for about a week (although not on my main machine) and didn't like it at all. I said I would skip it and wait for Windows 9. I griped about it on forums and said I couldn't believe some of the design decisions.
When it released officially, I installed it on a laptop for my parents who were still using XP. After installing it, I played around with it for a few hours and even though it wasn't drastically different from the preview I tried and disliked, it just clicked. A couple of days later I installed it on my desktop and now I think it's the best OS Microsoft have made. I love it. It's super-fast, rock solid, gives you everything that 7 does but with improvements in certain areas (Task Manager, for example), and I really like the Metro interface.
I really like some of the smartphone-esque apps too. I love the way the People app automatically pulled in all my Facebook and Twitter contacts and I can snap it to one side of the desktop and read their latest status updates and see notifications. I like that the eBay app pops up notifications when items I'm listing sell or receive new bids. It's slick.
The only thing that bugs me is a minor UI issue. The font for text in titlebars is always black and can't be changed. If you change the colour of the taskbar, the titlebars change colour too. I want to use a dark taskbar, but if I do that, titlebars become so dark that I can't read the text that's in them.
It doesn't need to be rescued really. It'll sell more than enough to be successful. That guy in the gaming section will continue to post daily threads about how shit it is. The world will keep on turning.
TheExodu5 said:
And removing and adding icons is a pain in the ass compared to the desktop.
I wonder if you're really using it, because some of the things you say make no sense.
Remove = right-click and choose "Unpin from Start"
Add = right-click and choose "Pin to Start"
It really couldn't be any easier.