[citation][nom]AWindows7OPTION[/nom]blazorthon, I need more than 2 windows viewable at the same time, and an allways visable taskbar, without having to go through the start screen gymnastics of getting to and staying on the desktop! I also need an OS without an Appstore/Adware Metrp/Modern runtime draining resources from my computer!What I really need is a Windows 7 OPTION on NEW hardware! If enterprise customers can downgrade to Windows 7, why can't I? Describe the process of sizing 4 windows to be viewable on the screen at the same time, describe haveing the 4 windows viewable, and 3 or 4 other applications running, that I can click once and have the screen window open for the other running applications! Add to this 1 or 2 file directory screens open, so I can click and see output, all these applications running and 4 windows sized to be visable at the same time, and no slide this, to reveal that, to get to the information and applications that I need to![/citation]
Windows 8's desktop is almost exactly identical to that of Windows 7 and you don't need to go through any "start screen gymnastics" to get to it. It's one click away after logging in and if you can't handle a single click of the mouse when you log in, then you can change that yourself to boot directly to the desktop. It's not difficult nor time consuming to do.
Windows 8 uses less resources than Windows 7, so your claim about resources is not only false, but an outright lie.
I will describe it all by simply saying this: You do all of that in the same way as you do it in Windows 7.