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Originally Posted by Graham
Inconsistences between metro versions and desktop versions, confusing search results, charm bar popping up all the time, full screen apps replacement for start menu is jarring, it's like trying to use two different operating systems.
Yes, she has her machine set to be in desktop mode as much as possible, and is reasonably IT literate.
We're talking 9 months of daily use here.
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I've been using a Win 8 Pro convertible mostly in tablet mode for the past 10 months and feel the same way about Windows8, but I am so accustomed to using a tablet since my iPad1 that I just wanted a Win tablet for personal use. I am stuck with a laptop for work, so on my time off, I wanted something that I can operate without a mouse and for all those times when iOS in inadequate.
I love the hardware, and hate the software. I doubt that this will ever change.
I hate how when you click on something, like a WMA for instance, you are catapulted back into the metro UI in full screen mode. To this day, I have not found out how to close the metro app I am in. I am very computer literate, but I can't be bothered to read how-to guides and manuals for something that should be intuitive. I am sure there is some combination of swipes or some other easy trick - I just don't think I should have to go googling how to do it. Instead, I just press the home button to go back onto desktop mode and try to ignore that there is a schizophrenic twin (metro) in the neighborhood.
Anyhow, in terms of the topic,
iOS7 is growing on me. It took me a week or two to get used to it, but now find that the imorovements like the control center, which should have been there in the first place, are great. It slowed my iPad3 down quite a bit, though.