Windows 8 Developer Preview

I installed the preview on to my Gateway LT2802u Netbook and for the most part it runs smoothly. However, I'm not a fan of the Metro Style interface that replaced the Start Menu, and there are a few visual changes that suck. Most notibly the integration of the ribbon style interface into the Windows Explorer component, it looks like an absolute mess to begin with. Also a majority of the options such as Device Manager or Control Panel are often difficult to navigate due to the hoops you have to jump through to find the shortcut. I also don't like IE9 opening up in a Metro Style app like interface when you clicked the icon. I have been reading a website called Win Supersite, and Paul Thurrot has had some great reads regarding this developer preview and found workarounds to restore some of the functionality that was nice in Windows 7.
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Do. Not. Like.
That... window pane thing's annoying as heck.
Let alone hovering over the start button brings up the clock(already visible) and other things you can already see.
Absolutely HATE the "Control Panel". Even when I got to the "old style".
I lasted a whole 20 minutes. Recovery media going back in, and we're not going to speak of this incident again.
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Unfortunately, that's the bad luck of any electronic, there's going to be bad Apples... wait that's a horrible pun.

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