Windows 8 proving less popular than Vista

I'll add my 2cts and apologize that I've not read every post written here.  I'm a long time user of Windows, Mac in my imaging (photo/video) business and a version of Linux on a personal laptop.  My new computer came with 8 pre-installed.  It's was obvious what MS was trying to do, get into the app game, etc.  But for my day to day use 8 has been no better or no worse than any other OS I've used.  I keep an icon on the Metro screen for my desktop which I click to get right to the normal desktop.  Along with that I keep only the most needed icons for the programs I use on the Metro screen.

On the desktop screen, I've pinned my most used programs to the taskbar and I added a toolbar to the taskbar for Desktop which gives me everyplace else I would need to go.  And on the taskbar is the icon for Windows explorer.

So, with the exception of an extra click after startup and pushing my cursor to the upper right then the extra clicks for shutdown, it really, for me, is not really any different than Win7 or Vista.

I would really like the Metro stuff stripped away for desktop use but it hasn't bothered me that much.

Cheers

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