kapow - 10:25 am on Oct 15, 2008 (gmt 0)

I agree shiny sells.
If The new windows had two modes 'Shiny mode' or 'Fast mode', well most of the time I would use fast mode, getting my work done is soooo much more important - I would honestly pay extra to get a button that turned all the shiny stuff off when I need to get work done.

Sure, when I'm showing my Mum my holdiday photos I might try shiny mode.

When one of the up-and-comming OS competitors can say "All of your stuff will run on our new OS (e.g. Photoshop!) - but its fast instead of shiny" I will dump windows in a heatbeat. I would honestly pay more for an OS that was just plain fast.