L337 spelling rulz. U r teh bomb Metro hateboi.
Hint: It's a friggin phone.
Actually, it's a LOT more than a phone. It is now my primary still camera (yes, 5mp is enough for me for now), my only video camera, personal and car music player, GPS navigation device, voice recorder, calendar, and contacts list. I can (but rarely) stream Netflix on it and play occasional chess/logic/puzzle games on it.
But hint: More than the friggin phone, it's a friggin game station.
Most would call it a game 'console' but 'station' works too. Akin to my WP7 phone's multifunction capabilities, my 360 is a LOT more than a game 'station'. It is my primary DVD player, Netflix streaming device, and my wife occasionally uses it as a Media Extender to play our MP3s through the TV connected sound system.
I can guarantee that anyone who uses their computer seriously will not be happy with 'Metro', a simplistic (I am being polite, as I mean retarded) and basically useless interface.
Can I get that guarantee in writing please? By 'computer' I assume you mean a traditional desktop or laptop. Neither of these are the main target for the Metro UI as that is touch-oriented. As for "useless", probably a true statement for most traditional PCs as they don't have capacitive touch screens. Tablet and hybrid laptop-tablet users will accept and probably love the Metro UI.
But what would I know? I'm just an IT guy by trade - I know nothing about GUIs or those new-fangled computer thinggies. Seriously, it's up to the user ... like it; use it - hate it; don't.
LOL!
Actually, it's a LOT more than a phone. [...]
meh. It's a phone.
Akin to my WP7 phone's multifunction capabilities, my 360 is a LOT more than a game 'station'.
Meh sommore. I do all that with a computer serving as a media center..streaming from the server in the basement.. or from the web.
Can I get that guarantee in writing please?
You already have it in writing.
By 'computer' I assume you mean a traditional desktop or laptop.
Sure. That is what a 'computer' is. The rest of it is gadgetry.
Tablet and hybrid laptop-tablet users will accept and probably love the Metro UI.
Probably true... but now you are back in gadgets.
But what would I know? I'm just an IT guy by trade
Yeah. Me too... and a programmer to boot.
Seriously, it's up to the user ... like it; use it - hate it; don't.
True enough... Other than the endless calls from my clients trying to figger out where everything went.