In its default form, I think there is still a lot to hate about it. But, I've made it completely tolerable in terms of aesthetics. I have tweaked it to the point that it has become nearly indistinguishable from Windows 7 while working from the desktop. I've got my Aero goodness back thanks to Big Muscle's handiwork. In fact, as long as I forget about the tiles, worthless adware apps and stay on the desktop it's actually a cleaner environment. There are even a couple of nifty features that add value.
The tweaks that make it tolerable are taken for granted, but it has always been the work of end users and third-party tweaks that make just about everything awesome in the PC world. There has never been a Windows OS that doesn't benefit from tweaks. It was that way long before the Modern UI was even invented. Assuming there is a good foundation to work with as a starting point, it is largely the effort and talent of the aftermarket that makes most things PC worth having. Funny, we can say pretty much the same thing about most machines... computers, cars, motorcycles, etc.
The only part left to hate about Windows 8.X.X is the degrading effect the OS has on CPU performance and the RTC reliability problems it has that disqualify it from some benchmarks. Unfortunately, it is looking like those problems will remain broken with Windows 10 unless they have an 11th hour fix to surprise us with once 10 goes RTM. Perhaps it can't be fixed. But, since it's going to be a free upgrade for at least the first year, I suppose we should all be grateful and not be tacky by looking a gift horse in the mouth.
The pathetic part of all this is the fact that it is becoming increasingly difficult to tweak and tune due to roadblocks designed to force a cookie cutter one-size-fits all hardware, firmware and software garbage model down all of our throats. But, hey... that is for our own good, because they love us so much and know what's best for us. Right? They think they can weld chintzy mainstream chips to a PCB, stuff into a fancy wrapper and decorate it with pretty lights, and nobody will be the wiser. Sadly, that turns out to be accurate far too often. This has worked for crApple and it will work for Micro$haft. Many fail to recognize there is no longer a good foundation to work with as a starting point, and it is probably safe to say that most consumers are oblivious to the roadblocks.
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