First look at Windows 8 Release Preview

Brrrr.. the sheer horror.
This OS is not going to make it to my desktop...:)

I hate it! This is just a clumsy attempt to brainwash desktop users to adopt the MS phone metaphor! Metro will not be a part of my computing environment. What BS! Cliff

The new Metro-UI is supposed for finger-usage, as needed on phones and pads, but surely not for mouse/keyboard users. So for all desktop- and laptop-users, W8 is a big backward step (compared to W7) in usability and so will not be a success for Microsoft.

Best solution would be the development of 2 independet OS, one for mouse/keyboard, one for finger. Merging and mixing both into one OS is the wrong decision, but MS insits on learning this the hard way.

Good Luck Folks !!

Today, tomorrow, a decade from now, whenever you're ready Linux waits.

I can say similar from this side of the divide, as I think the new Linux window managers all suck now too. The difference of course is I have elected not to use any of them. I've opted instead for an older version, installed into a new distribution, that I do like. Which while not being an ideal solution is some small comfort none the less for me.

With Linux if I don't like the roll I'm given I can recast the dice. I'm not saying it is always easy, but the potential is there.

Who are you Superman? My shell's time feature times executions to within a thousandth of a second. My best reaction is about 13 times slower than that. Time is relatively slow though, system logs are timestamped to the millionth of a second. Now if you Windows users are using stopwatches in order to benchmark your systems can I say subjective? I mean get a real OS with some features already! Take Microsoft up on their refund offer, you're being robbed!

That's why I say MS have shot themselves in the foot. Forcing PC users to log on using Metro then clicking a link to get to the normal desktop is going to confuse many. I expect someone will come up with a startup batch file that does all that for you. As for the Start button, rumours are that MS is removing any possibility of using a third party utility to create one as is possible on the beta versions.