He's right about the benefits. There is also "Pause Copy", something Windows has needed for years. I like the enhanced Task Manager and of the others, but all these are improvements that have nothing to do with Metro. I don't like that the Ribbon interface has made it into the OS though. Now , if only they would include something like ycopy which allows you to complete a copy even when it hits a file that Windows can't copy due to the file being open or locked for some reason.
He's wrong about the "scaremongers." I and I suspect most of the others who don't like it don't like it because of Metro. It's a real hindrance to useability. We are not "scaremongering", we just want a choice.
As anyone who has read my comments on Win 8 on TR over the last year or so knows I despise Metro. It's ugly and cumbersome. I don't have any touchscreen devices so I don't care about that.
Having said all that, I'm going to buy the $15 (US) upgrade to Win 8 Pro as I finally had to replace the laptops we use at home and they qualify for the upgrade. I'm also going to install this and see how it works:
http://tweaks.com/software/start/. If it works, great. If not, $15 is not that much. I wouldn't pay full price for it.
The desktops will stay with Win 7.
By the way, I voted you up as you said nothing that deserved a negative vote. That happens to me sometimes as well. Some comments deserve negative votes without comment as they are obviously deserving, but not yours.
