![]() In no way is the only improvements in Windows 8 “native ISO mounting” – there are kernel level improvements everywhere and there are power improvements. I will say this in a very clear way: you are an idiot. Why should we, the users, bother with it? For native ISO mounting? Yeah ok. Oh yes it is which is why I haven’t used the app store and why I don’t have a Microsoft account*. to make money off an app store), rather than those of the users. The trouble with 8.* is that it is built to cater for Microsoft’s needs (i.e. is a pain you’d like to avoid? What’s the criteria to apply? So you’re OK with installing a start menu replacement, but installing WinCDemu mounter, process explorer, USB driver etc. You know, like native USB 3.0 support, native ISO mounting, a much improved task manager, taskbars on multiple monitors, a startup manager (that was apparently in Vista but ripped from 7), hyper-v support, a host of other improvements. I figured I could just take 2 minutes to install a start menu replacement to bypass the hot garbage that is metro, and take advantage of all the benefits that Windows 8 has to offer. *I normally use a Lumia 521, but I’ve been testing the N900 as a daily phone over the past few days after fixing some long standing issues (thanks Maemo community!), and it has proven to be just as useful as my Lumia so far, without the ball and chain of Microsoft keeping tabs on everything. Meanwhile, they also made it mandatory for the latest Office release and likely all future releases. Either way, Microsoft has their advertising and data mining hooks all the way in. ![]() ![]() I know there’s an easy way to get around it if you search online for the solution, but the average user either isn’t going to notice, or is going to give up in frustration and just create the account. Even on a laptop it’s out of the question as far as I’m concerned. It’s bad enough I have to have one for my phone*, but to try to force a power user into a mandatory “cloud” account when a local account is all one needs is bordering on ridiculous on desktop/workstation hardware. My issue is that Microsoft is increasingly trying to tie everyone to a Microsoft account. ![]() As has been said, it can be avoided with third party solutions. My biggest problem with it isn’t the new interface.
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