I like Deus Ex, and Windows 8
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I downloaded and installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview in a VirtualBox VM and I have to say it looks pretty good. Being able to access a proper desktop is nice, but I wish there was a way to get rid of Metro and revert to the classic Start Menu. Alas, whenever you click on the Start button, it takes you to the Metro interface.
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September 15th, 2011 - 21:30
You can stop Metro UI replacing your Start menu by tweaking the registry – see http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-good-old-windows-vista-and-7-style-start-menu-in-windows-8-developer-preview/ for example.
I’ve installed Windows 8 on a tablet where the Metro UI is rather more welcome. My biggest gripe at the moment is the inability to close Metro UI applications without killing them in Task Manager – I think the idea is that you don’t *need* to close them, so there is no nice UI to do so, but every app you open shows up in the task switcher so it gets cluttered pretty fast. A Symbian-like task switcher would be much appreciated.