9: Windows 8 Modern UI
I've seen more misplaced vitriol on Modern UI than I remember on any other subject.
I have several clients, unsophisticated computer users but excellent performers in their businesses, who never could figure out Android phones but immediately took to Windows Phones. There are a lot of people with less computer sophistication than those of us who read this site.
Modern UI takes nothing away from Desktop, which is still with us, is not deprecated, and will be with us in Windows 9. Modern UI is for apps that want to use it.
Desktop is not going anywhere, runs almost anything that runs on Windows 7, and looks different. In my own opinion I didn't like Aero when Vista introduced it, but it grew on me and I now like it better than Windows XP's appearance. I also miss the Start button once in a while, but it's not a major loss. I'm not as concerned about losing Aero and the Start button as I appreciate the better memory management, security, Client Hyper-V, and other features of Windows 8. Existing Desktop applications are still being supported and new ones will continue to be created.
I don't need full screen apps on my large monitor so I don't use them. Desktop applications work great and I really don't care about cosmetics.
