What is good about Windows 8?

[freedquaker]

Let me summarize to you my experience with windows 8 (compared to 7)

Good points and how it affects me

- Enhanced security (Microsoft essentials) but because I am a geek who has been using computers since 1989, this really is a restriction to me as I have to uninstall those default programs and install those of my own choice. Any increased benefit on this account is negated by the bloat it causes and the fact that I already take good care of them within the Windows 7 framework.

- Enhanced boot and shutdown times, and some improvement in program launches. However, I hardly ever shut down or reboot my computers, and given the raw performance of my machines, the relative snappiness of Windows 8 is hardly noticeable or doesn't matter to me. There are hardly any other improvements in raw performance; on the contrary, I see regressions every now and then (especially Open GL performance sucks!)

-Metro interface gives you an access to the Windows Store, which is a good thing if you'd like have "apps" such as flipboard, not normally available on PC platform.

- Metro interface is a good option (definitely not perfect or even great, but acceptable) to go on a touch interface laptop (which can also be used a laptop). What would really appeal to me is a cheap "bay trail" type of windows tablet-laptop hybrid.

Bad points

* There is no way that I can use Win 8 as my Desktop or desktop replacement laptop Interface. Because,

- Metro interface is designed for touch, and while it is acceptable as a touch interface (the lack of whites & space hurts my brain!), it is simply either a gimmick or an unbearable pile of shit as a desktop UI. I have to install a bunch of programs to bring back lots of lost functionality, and still is it not as good as windows 7 (because of the integral feature-set that can't be changed or claimed)

- There is confusion at all levels of the OS. You can never entirely get rid of Metro, even if you try your hardest; it will pop up every now and then as its UI is programmed this way. Most options are changed for the sake of change, and I absolutely see no benefit from them whatsoever. Every time, I'd like to change something, it takes LONGER and more frustrating in Win 8. Don't tell me that it takes time to adjust, because it's not the first time I had to adjust (from win 3.1 to 95 to XP to 7 to 8, Amiga to Windows to Linux to Mac). The only more frustrating experience to me was OSX, which I honestly believe is exactly because of unfamiliarity, rather than how dump the OS really is. So, basically I lose with such annoyance 10 times the performance I might have gained through some technical efficiency boosts.

- Windows 8 is horrendous at multi-tasking, which is a complete fiasco for a person who opens a minimum of 10 windows simultaneously, with Firefox on 10 tabs (minimum). So much that I use 3 monitors on one of my desktops just to accomodate the kind of workflow I have. Even if you get rid of the idiotic metro interface, it pops in and out so frustratingly.

- The installation size is insane. How can I possibly run out of space of 50 GB of "C" partition (over a week) which holds nothing but windows and program files, with all of my personal and even desktop moved to "D". The same installation in an 8 GB PC takes around 20 GB with Windows 7 (Including the 8 GB page file).

- The entire experience is very inconsistent, incomplete, anti-multitasking, bugging, frustrating, different for no good reason, inefficient, hard to configure and/or customize.

Overall, I don't have one good personal reason to upgrade to Windows 8, unless I am running a more cut-down, refined and optimized version on a budget friendly Tablet-Laptop Hybrid.