Windows 8 + Start8 is a pretty sweet setup. I never have to see the Metro part and the Desktop part works a little better than the already excellent Windows 7.

Maybe, I don't know, just try using it for longer than one hour

Nelson, whenever I read your comment I get a feeling of you being some PR guy paid for participating in forums and answering criticism of any product by some major brand.

Don't like metro (I admit, it's hard to love it with so few decent apps) - don't use it.

Treat the start screen as you would the start menu, and work mainly in desktop.

Problem is that Modern UI is supposed to be the main UI. It's overblown only if you look at criticism from that side. Mouse and keyboard use with Modern UI is a sub-par experience in general and very annoying in too many(read - enough to remember) user facing cases.

PS: Fullscreen IE is as Modern UI as the content you're consuming - it's not(even Microsoft's own site)

Metro IE is easier for me to navigate when just doing content consumption. I have a Microsoft Touch Mouse which makes a lot of these gestures and esp. scrolling really easy for me to use.

I highly suggest it if your Windows 8 experience is as frustrating as you suggest.

So you're saying we should spend our hard-earned money on new hardware from Microsoft just to make up for shortcomings in the new software we already paid for from Microsoft?

No. I'm saying that if it is such an issue for you, then you have options.

I'm not even sure where you come into the picture, because I'm certain I wasn't replying to you. If you're going to cut in on my discussion with someone else you should at least bother reading with proper context.

I've read every post on this article.

JAlexoid is saying that Modern UI is sub-par for non-touchscreen use.

I have no problem with people suggesting options, but you did still suggest he replace perfectly good hardware to compensate for what is effectively a software usability regression.

(This is the kind of situation which Microsoft and Apple fanboys seek out and jump on as "proof" that open-source software like Linux is inferior to proprietary stuff because, without management, things like Unity get released disruptively half-baked and change happens with no regard for existing users.)

This is a very extreme usecase: A desktop which doesn't have a trackpad (Because its not a Laptop) and a user who in is having very specific issues.

I think you make a critical mistake in believing that because I suggested a specific solution for someone, that it is an essential part of using Windows 8. It isn't.

I think this is a strawman, in fact, I say that the people crying over Unity are extremely nearsighted. In fact, I take that supposed criticism and invert it a bit in that I say that Linux is inferior because it has a userbase that amounts to petulant children who chastise developers trying to bring Linux up to par.