[Red in Blue PA]

I love my Windows 8 but never use the Metro.

I can see how that would be a nice interface for tablets, but for computers it actually makes the experience awkward. It is almost as though none of the programmers in Redmond is a computer user. People get used to an experience over a period of 25 years and then they change it drastically? If there is one thing you do NOT want to do, that is it. Also applies to their new ribbon which replaced the dropdown menus in newer versions of Office. I absolutely hate that. Again, why make changes after everyone is familiar with the dropdown over 25 years? Idiots in Redmond.

The company is successful IN SPITE OF themselves.

[Hardastarboard]

I have a favorite rant about how much of corporate America's money MSFT wasted learning a new interface so they could put new lipstick on their products in 2007. There was NOTHING wrong with the way it had worked for the past 25-30 years, but of course that wouldn't have been "progress".

Hmmm - I think I see a theme here.

[Jonty30]

I personally like the ribbon. I don’t have to try and figure out where the functions are, if I momentarily forget.

[mkleesma]

“I love my Windows 8 but never use the Metro.”

Correct - Windows 8 without Metro is great as a computer platform. Where Metro really shines is on touch screen tablets. I have an MS Surface and I love it - so much easier to use and organize. My old iPod seems definitely clunky by comparison.