[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]explain how the start menu was broke? show us the new task managerpersonally i dont like the native mounting, as i see it as bloat. i am just hoping that win8 doesnt go the route of "if you dont use metro, well this and this wont work either..."[/citation]
The only thing the start menu was good for was 'run' and 'search', and it use to be good for sleep and shutdown before I got my new keyboard. Other things are easier to access with the quicklaunch/superbar, windows explorer, or to open a program by file association. Having things forced to be alphabetized makes it a little easier to find things on newer versions on windows, but it is still a disorganized mess where nothing can be found.
If you are new to windows, or have terrible file management, then the Start menu is a great way to get use to finding things, and get beginners to use a computer without understanding what they are doing. For those of us who control our computer instead of just use it, the start menu is just useless. But it is still a very necessary part of Windows for 80% of the people who use it, so I don't complain about it just because I don't use it.
MetroUI is not much better, but I am excited to see that they are at least trying to change something, and try something new. And no, it did not take away from my desktop experience. Switching between the 2 has (so far) been a smooth and seamless experience. Sure improvements need to be made, but as it is now just a proof of concept, and not a final product, I would expect nothing less.
The new task manager basically combines the old task manager with the old resource monitor. You now not only see how much CPU a program is taking, but also memory usage, idle/active state, network bandwidth, and HDD bandwidth. With more details you can see a breakdown of not only programs, but also Windows services and their usage. You can also change your startup items directly from task manager which is handy. With all of this new detail on what exactly is going on with the computer it will be very easy to trouble shoot problem programs, or at least rule out potential problems that were guesswork before.
As for native mounting; Some of us have big HDDs and put all of our program CDs on it so we don't have to deal with the evils and annoyances of optical media any longer (with rare exception anyways). It is much easier to find an image than to go through spindles and binders, and 'free range' discs that are stroon about the basement. For years we have had to use 3rd party mounters (which have much improved over the years), but now we just load Windows, and it is all ready for me.
Again, I dont want people to get me wrong. I will likely skip win8 as I don't feel I have gotten my money's worth out of win7 yet, and I believe win9 will have a much more mature metroUI. I have just been annoyed at people knocking win8 when they obviously have not used it (or at least did not give it a fair shake). The dev build is pretty fun to use (if a bit buggy). Many of you have a spare HDD laying around. Go install it and try the new features then come back and give some constructive criticism. What exactly is wrong with metroUI? It is the ugly green? Is it the fact that you can get quick look information without having to open anything? Is it that you fear it 'wastes too many resources' when in actuality the 64bit version runs just fine on a netbook with 1GB of RAM? Sure, metroUI is not something I particularly like, but it does not get in the way and there is potential there, so why complain?
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