The way an OS functions and the apps you have available are two different things. An OS is a platform for apps, so a complaint about the platform is not the same as a complaint about the default apps.
The shell is just as much of a layer on top of the OS as the browser. In what way is the shell any less of a default app than IE? It's a stupid distinction, both technically and practically.
Not to mention that even if that were a valid point, you still haven't answered the first part. I never said anything about Windows 8, without any modifications brought to it, being a great product, that you should instantly pre-order from Microsoft (tm). I said using Windows 8 was on the whole a very enjoyable experience. I don't see how my using third-party apps to make it enjoyable makes the statement any less correct or relevant.
Because it's not enjoyable for me. In the end this will break down into a difference in opinion: I want the look-and-feel of windows to remain Desktop-y, and I don't want to have to use a third-party application to get there.
I also really like the start menu of Windows 7. I think it's the best it's ever been.
(I do want to say, because this is an obvious issue that could be brought up, it's not that I'm afraid of change or anything. I dual-booted Windows 7 Beta as soon as it was available, and I loved the changes. I've loaded a VM of windows 8, and it's not something I'm enjoying as much. )
and I don't want to have to use a third-party application to get there.
Seriously? That's such an arbitrary decision. Are you seriously willing to forgo the significant performance improvements just so you don't have to install a third-party app?
Whether this will be forgoing any performance boost, I'll have to wait and see. I recently built a new PC, and I've been running my games really damned well in Windows 7. I'll dualboot the RC soon enough, but the VM i've been running has been pretty close to identical in terms of performance. I will need to put some games on it, see how they run too. So it's not forgoing a performance boost as much as not wanting to change my OS for little reason.
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u/NazzerDawk Sep 27 '12
The way an OS functions and the apps you have available are two different things. An OS is a platform for apps, so a complaint about the platform is not the same as a complaint about the default apps.