On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:02:15 +0100, Bob Henson
wrote:


a) You *do* have to use Metro, unless you do a lot of modifying to make
the desktop usable.


I completely disagree. I know several people who happily use the
desktop interface with *no* modifying. And if you want to make it even
better, installing Start8 or Classic Shell is very far from "a lot of
modifying." It is *one* very easy and very quick thing to do.


There is no menu "out of the box" to use the desktop
versions of programs, only the cut-down rubbish in Metro. A
non-technical user would never find anything but the Metro apps.


Alas, I *do* agree with that last statement. I think Microsoft has
done a very poor job of making it clear that Windows 8 has two
interfaces and you can use either or both.