Interesting. You don't mention if you're running W8.1,

which is much friendlier to non-Metro enthusiasts.

I ran Classic Shell for a bit, but found it is'nt necessary

with 8.1, which can be configured to boot to the desktop.


Of course I cheat & use a BT mouse & keyboard too, so I

can just about (but not quite completely, yet) ignore Metro.

The next W8.1 upgrade is a week or so off, according to

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-windows-81-update-1-to-be-released-april-=
8th-msdn-gets-it-april-2nd

The scuttlebutt is that the de-emphasis of Metro will continue.

Suits me.  My machine is 32-bit; so far legacy software (mostly

programming stuff) seems to work without much fuss.

A conspicuous exception is WinAVR, which has Make issues

I've yet to resolve. Previous installations under W7 & XP  "just

worked", so I've got some reading to do.

Probably take a shot at MPLABX next - The machine is much

faster than its Atom predecessors, so it might be tolerable.

Probably not going to do much image processing  :)  A reliable

portable pgming platform is what I'm shooting for...
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