Lipstick On A Pig

No matter how much you slap lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig, and that's exactly what Windows 8 is. Well, metaphorically speaking anyway. I'm not sure why this isn't common knowledge: Windows 8 is nothing more than a touch UI (in this case metro) slapped on to a severely crippled desktop UI.

There's a reason why the start menu has held it's ground for so long: it is tweaked and optimized for a mouse. The desktop operating system is built for these input devices. I would understand if Microsoft took the metro UI and tweaked it to have all the same features as a desktop operating system would. I would love to see a Windows operating system built from the ground up to be optimized for touch and come tablet like hardware and have the capability to plug in to a second monitor. Imagine being able to throw videos to your monitor while browsing the web on the touch screen and you will understand the type of interface that I am hoping for in the future. As it stands, Windows 8 is just lazy coding on Microsoft's part.