I bought a new computer in December because the motherboard on my previous system died. I dislike a lot about Windows 8. I always go immediately to the desktop. I'll have to take a look at the Stardock app. I agree that the metro interface sucks. Open a tiled app and it takes up the whole screen with no obvious way to close it or minimize it. I love the faster start up time. If I wasn't so addicted to Civilization, I'd probably install CentOS and be done with Windows. \:\)

Brad