Do you have a source for this Harry? From what I've read, Metro isn't 
going away, but rather morphing into something that will work a bit 
better with the mouse. You'll be able to configure Windows 9 to boot 
straight into the desktop. I hadn't heard the start screen was going 
away altogether. I also hadn't heard that it would look just like 
windows 7 or that the classic look was coming back. Of course, it's hard 
to say for sure when the release of Threshold, which used to be called 
Windows 8.2 and now seems to be called Windows 9, won't be released for 
over a year.

I'm sure Microsoft will make sure Windows 9 differentiates itself from 
Windows 8 to appease the masses, but I suspect it'll be a lot more like 
windows 8 under the covers than it will be like Windows 7. Similar to 
how Windows 7 was a lot more like Windows Vista than it was like Windows 
XP, at least when it came to things that mattered like handling the 
64-bit architecture and memory management.

Going back to Windows 7 would be a huge step backwards for Microsoft. 
It's clear that for Microsoft to be successful, they'll have to crack 
this mobile nut. I think they have a real chance to succeed with these 
convertible devices. Windows 8 may not be the solution yet, but I think 
it's revolutionary and a step in the right direction. Hopefully 
Microsoft will just make a few cosmetic changes to satisfy the vocal 
critics but continue to converge their various operating systems and 
platforms and come up with an operating system and an interface that 
will perform just as well on a mobile device as it does on a 
desktop/laptop. If Microsoft continues to let themselves be held hostage 
by those users who refuse to consider change then they're just going to 
end up a nitch player on the desktop/laptop and watch from the sidelines 
as Apple and Google carve up the mobile space.

On 02/01/2014 05:17 PM, harry brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just got this in my box!
> I thought about upgrading to Windows 8.1, not now!
> Harry
> "To all sick and tired of Windows 8, and 8.1, and what it took away, you
> made a difference.
> Microsoft is going to anounce at it's developers conference in April of
> this year, that it will come out with Windows 9, next year!
> But here's the great news we've all been waiting for, who rebelled and
> said, "the heck with windows 8, and 8.1, I won't buy it!"
> Windows 9 will look just like windows 7.
> Metro, gone!
> The start screen, gone!
> The start menu, it's back!
> The windows desktop, it's back!
> The classic look in windows, it's back!
> So, that's what's coming in Windows 9."
> Just wanted to let you all know!
> take care,
> Harry
>
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