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Originally Posted by
lordikon 
I think his point is simply that Microsoft will not always maintain all of their old features, certain things will go away over time, and at some point you'll be left with the choice to stick with a very old OS or a new one that really does not have the feature that you love. It likely won't affect you for a few years if you're a Windows 7 user, but at some point you'll want to use DX12, or some other new feature that an old OS doesn't support, and you'll be forced to choose between not getting that feature, or upgrading to an OS that may cost you to lose features from your current one. The question is, in that case, what will you do. At some point keeping the OS is more trouble than it's worth.
I know waht he was saying, he was just being needlessly obtuse about the matter of a choice.
And, by the time they do something like that, truly, then we may well have different input devices by then, or more intuitive touch screens for desktops.
Right now, Metro is a bit of an abomination on a desktop machine. Something that many might actively avoid isn't something they ought to keep forcing onto people. I've run though my head all the reasons I can think of for making such change and all I can come to is money, which to me isn't a viable reason. In regards to the Windows Store... if you build it they will come. There will be the tablet market and perhaps these new touch laptops - there isn't a need to push desktop users kicking and screaming.
And on top of that, in regards to him being obtuse and argumentative.... the desktop isn't old, outdated or passed it's prime. Sure, they ought to get rid of the legacy stuff.... like Drive A and B and DLL's (drive space isn't an issue any more) and progress. But the desktop experience isn't one of those ancient, aging things holding things back. On a desktop machine, it makes a lot of sense. It makes
the most sense.
But, yeah, I just don't care for the needlessly pedantic replies he's giving
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