to thinking MS will always be around and always be on top. Change is part of the long term business cycle. #89 davydm - 2 months 3 weeks Some points are valid -- but mostly minor because most people actually don't use the built-in apps for mail, calendar, etc. If Microsoft wants to try something new there, then I say bravo. But short answers to the others: 1) "you'll want to launch the Desktop app, and then launch Steam". NO. You'll launch Steam from the Start screen (which is really just a larger, easier to read and navigate Start Menu which doesn't hide in a corner on a large screen) and Steam launches. The end. Like you did before in windows 7. 2) "Switching between Metro apps is a complete farce". Try alt-tab. You know, like you should have been using already. Windows 8 is about learning a little keyboard and losing a lot of clutter. 3) "App [X] is awful". None of the default apps on Windows have ever been shining examples of brilliance. They're just One Way To Do It. Go get a real browser, email client, video player, etc, etc. Just like you used to. Or try Microsoft's New Way. Some people will like it. Others won't. 4) "It seems have inspired other developers to lose their mind". Good devs will try to follow guidelines for making their apps fit in with the rest of the OS. This isn't losing your mind -- it's something more devs