cripterion
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Honest question for those who have Windows 8 for a desktop PC (not bashing).
What use is metro for you?
I've got 8 at work and I honestly can't find one use for it that replaces something I would rather use the desktop for.
I'm really not bashing, I just can't see the appeal when almost every app in metro feels like a dumb downed (in terms of options) app that mimics desktop functions.
So far the most use I've had out of it was for running my music in side snap ... but even then I'd rather use something like Musicbee which allows me to do so much more. Same with twitter apps, tweetdock allows me to do way more at this stage and that's just docked inside a chrome tab.
My experience with Win 8 has been Win 7 with a better search function but a rather annoying shell that seems to pop up more than it should. Which in itself is fine, considering I didn't pay for it as the Work supplied it, so not really have any remorse of it.
I created tiles for my most used applications, so I don't mind booting to the metro welcome screen. After, I got stuff setup the same as my windows phone with news, weather, mail, pics, etc... Easy access and get the info needed without even launching my web browser.
For the rest I just use it like win7, except that I have a taskbar on my 2nd monitor. Actually, most of people's gripes with win8 disappear on a multi monitor setup. One monitor boots on desktop while the other on the metro interface here.