And now starts another whole range of whining about this and that missing; don't work; is plain stupid, etc, etc, etc.

we can see their new direction, doesn't mean we have to bend over and take it ...

Once again, Yuk!

What, bend over for Tim Cook an Apple instead?

Again, the press and other so-called experts performed a hatchet job on it, just like they did with Vista... then the human race of sheep avoids it because the 'experts' have thus spoken.

Frankly, though, I don't give a flying **** who likes Win 8 or not.  I do and that's all that matters to me

Gee, I wonder if Microsoft has realized yet that Windows 8 is a complete failure?

I was, of course, speaking in general terms and not about anyone in particular.  There are people who don't like Win 8 and they have legitimate reasons after trying it and finding it's not right for them.  Then there are others who heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend that Win 8 just messes you around.  It is these people I refer to as sheep, many never having seen it close up, much less tried it, yet they still bag it out... and it is these people who piss me off.

People like you, who are waiting for updates and 3rd party offerings to make Win 8 more user friendly [to them] do not fall into the category and aren't mindless sheep, however.  You are at least saying that you're willing to give it a chance when the circumstances are right for you, and that's the opposite of being sheep-like IMO.

Yeah, but I think we're talking about a whole different thing here.

The sheep I speak of should take precautions against being seen as total idiots.

Bessie and her sisters should take precautions against peculiar looking offspring.

So how does a redneck woman get her man in the mood when he says he's all plum-tuckered out?

She throws a sheepskin over her back and gets on all fours.

Nah, when me and the wife have sex, it's always doggie style.

I get on all fours and beg, she rolls over and plays dead.  

I was going to stay right the hell out of this thread, but.......

I keep reading posts of people saying they've checked it out, or have read things 'from both sides' etc.  Yet when I have posted a link to specific positives in Windows 8 it has at least twice now become a thread/discussion killer (one example is the 'Let's face it Win 8 sux' thread).

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/better-on-the-inside-under-the-hood-of-windows-8/

If the reasons people keep giving for disliking Windows 8 don't dispute any of the positives in articles such as the above linked article and center around the 'look & feel' then why can't those things which actually are positives for Windows 8 be seen and acknowledged as such?  Obviously the current 'look & feel' of Windows 8 has been great for Stardock's business but that doesn't mean that under the hood Windows 8 is crap.

Maybe there needs to be a more obvious difference between disliking metro/modern UI and disliking Windows 8.

I'm looking forward to the evaluation release of Blue coming out. I'm running Windows 8 on one of my laptops (Linux on the other two) and have liked it so much I bought a Surface RT and a Nokia Windows Phone 8.

I very much like the direction I see Windows going and look forward to seeing it evolve into something even better over the next few years.

The biggest hurdle I see for Windows now is the people who simply do not like change. They want something new, but they want it to be exactly like the old. Reminds me of the people who pissed and moaned when Ubuntu introduced Unity; the exact same comments about that as some are making about Metro (sorry, Modern UI).

I used Windows 7 part time, and only when I absolutely had to run an application without any Linux equivalent. With Windows 8 I actually enjoy it. The start screen, once set up to my needs and liking, is far faster and more efficient than digging through a start menu, and much cleaner looking than a desktop full of icons.

I also like the full screen apps. No wasted screen real estate. It looks very clean to me.

I also find Windows 8 runs faster, for me, than Windows 7 ever did, on the exact same machine (wiped 7 and installed 8).

But, everyone has their likes and dislikes. Personally, I like the new Windows.

Nah, you're doing it all wrong!  For a start, you don't get down and beg like a puppy, no, no, no no, no.

Nope, what you do is get on your back with all fours up in the air and your wedding tackle at the ready.  You then start breathing erratically and look as if you're lapsing in and out of consciousness.  She looks down and thinks: "Well if he's gonna die anyway, best I use this [the wedding tackle] before he done goes and croaks it."

Hehe, you get the best of both worlds... you get a nooky and she does all the work.