If not the ipad then what instead?

[rocketpig]

dahuman said:
If I have to spend most of my time in desktop mode because of really heavy multitasking then there is no point to the Metro UI Start Menu, it's just ugly blocks blocking my entire screen. Don't even mention snap, it sucks, big time. It's not an OS built for power desktop users(I'd otherwise be using my phone or tablet, I use my computer when I know I'd have a lot of shit going on besides gaming) and I will never have a 40 inch touch screen to have my finger prints smeared all over the place on. They should have built the desktop and tablet versions not so "seemless" because it's just dumb, the idea might have seemed really cool on paper, but it really is built for tablets and touch devices. They literally layered 2 OS styles together because they don't know what else to fucking do.

Bolded: exactly. When I'm in front of a computer, I NEVER have less than 3 programs running and it's usually 6-8 running at any given moment. In that environment, what does Metro really add to the equation? Very little, and it creates an additional step whenever I need to open another program to use alongside the others.

I like the idea of Metro (the blending of touch and traditional UI). I do not like the implementation.