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it's pretty much why everyone hates it. I can handle the bad mouse and keyboard controls, but the fullscreen on "windows" is what's so annoying. the only time I use metro is when I search and I don't like it at all.My windows 8 boots in <10 sec on a ssd
Metro is superior to the start menu
The desktop appears when you click on the desktop icon or even iexplorer or office. Metro is not pervasive; it is actually slick. Smaller, faster, cheaper. What more can you ask for. A dinner and a movie for two will cost twice as much as windows 8.
Mine boots in 13 seconds on an SSD. I couldn't agree with you more. If I want the same feel as W7 I toggle to the desktop. My only beef with Metro is it's always full screen which is a bit much on a 30".