Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-5557418-20131202044007/@comment-3547390-20140107120617

Will have to check it out when I start playing again!

Nope, still on L3. Haven't played again yet due to W7-W8.

Wish I had known about that software, because that fixes my biggest gripes with W8. Still, I am not one for third party customizer packs. The problem is that they are extra processes that must be running at all times, slowing down your computer. It is the same reason why I disliked the idea of apps (or having to close them by going to the top of the screen and dragging down, only viable option was alt+f4). With my old computer I customized it to be like Windows 7 (or as close as it could get) only to have an extremely slow and unusable computer (though it was nearly that to begin with).

Benefits? Only benefits I saw was the Windows Explorer ribbon interface (open program in cmd is a nice addition), the faster transfer of files, and the nicer task manager. Otherwise it was Windows 7 combined with a cell phone. The nice thing about W7 was multitasking. Apps don't allow for that anymore due to running in full screen. Yes, you can ignore them, but that is one of the core features to switching. What did I miss out on?

This is probably the first piece of newer software I dislike. I am always about upgrading and keeping modern, even if it means completely relearning the product. Windows 8 just doesn't seem to be worth the effort.

I hope Windows 9 fixes some things and doesn't get worse. "Legacy desktop" doesn't have a good ring to it. Apparently the future is about doing one thing at a time. But at least tablet users are happy...

Though I am intrigued by this http://bgr.com/2013/12/09/microsoft-windows-8-2-features/. If windows 8.2 fixes these problems and I don't have to resort to 3rd party apps, I might just retry in a VM.