With a $39 price tag, I took it.
I panicked when I couldn't find the start menu. When I thought I had to spend my entire time in Metro mode. When I thought my computer just became a glorified tablet with no touchscreen.
I was kinda wrong.
It's really not all that bad. Even-though I thought I made a big mistake at the beginning, I've come to realize that I was just clinging to things that didn't really matter.
You might have heard all the horror stories regarding the missing Start Button or the weird touch interface. And they're true. It was pretty terrifying until I took the time to sit back and understand Windows 8.
I'm not gonna go into details but there's 2 things that helped me out : Telling myself that the start menu is now a start screen and understanding that Metro and desktop are 2 different environments (sort of) that run their own types of application.
Turns out you really don't need the start menu!
There is however, one thing that still pisses me off... Microsoft, why do you have to make owning a Wacom (or any other kind of) tablet a nightmare?? I mean, it's not as bad as it was on windows 7 where you had to do a whole lot of tweaking to get rid of the the horrible pen tablet features. But it's still a chore.
Why can't you turn off the dynamic feedback?? I mean come on! It's a good thing it's not present in most stylus enabled applications but I still don't like it. For those of you who need help with this issue,
Check out this site.
So, did you take the plunge? Or are you gonna wait around a little longer? or stick with XP?