Windows 9 Might Allow Users to Disable Metro – Report

[Petrovic]

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As I told you a few hours ago, Russian group WZOR posted some new details about Windows 9, the next full Windows version that's expected to see daylight in early 2015.

Now, the leakers have updated their original post to include some new tidbits about Windows 9 Enterprise, which, according to their statements, could include some pretty big changes for users of Microsoft’s modern operating system.

According to older reports, the Modern UI is expected to play a key role in Windows 9 and Microsoft is even planning some pretty significant improvements, not only for touch-capable devices, such as tablets, but also for desktop users who are still relying on the mouse and keyboard as the main input method.

What's more, people familiar with the matter said that the desktop might be completely gone in Windows 9 builds aimed at ARM devices that would only come with the Modern UI.

WZOR says that the Enterprise version of Windows 9 could however be shipped with options to disable the Metro UI, thus making the desktop the only working environment on the traditional PC. Of course, if the Enterprise version is the only one getting these options, expect the adoption of this particular OS version to grow at a very fast pace.

The Russian group also states that OneDrive integration might be removed from Windows 9 Enterprise, although this is very unlikely given the fact that Microsoft is investing a fortune into this kind of features in the existing cloud Windows features.

Overall, just take all of these with a grain of salt, but it's still good to know that Microsoft is at least thinking of letting users disable the Modern UI.

 

[Chromatinfish 123]

A big mistake, Microsoft, a big mistake.

You see, people should adapt to the changes, not vice versa. Nobody was and will ever be happy when a change first occurred or will occur. Nobody was exactly happy when Windows Vista was released, but Microsoft improved all the bugs and annoyances in Windows 7. Did they simply say, "Let's switch back" and make Windows XP2? No! They improved on a change and filled in some cracks, not create a time warp and go back to XP! Microsoft is now making a time warp.

I admit that it is going to take a ton of horsepower to pull Microsoft out of that ravine, but it is going to be a lot easier to hire a tow truck and tow it out rather than make a time machine.

Okay, I'll give another example: Firefox 29. When firefox 29 was released, people were unhappy because of the design change. Did Mozilla revert back to the firefox button, addon bar, and square tabs? No, again!