Microsoft drops Aero Glass from Windows 8

But I like Aero :(

What is the point of windows 8 if this is the case? since windows 98se and xp , we have seen more and more stripped from each windows incarnation , ie outlook express , we had to use window live , and windows mediacentre is supposed to go , so is native dvd playback being left to us to stump up for roxio or nero for similar to playback dvds , and now aero also!!! what exactly will be windows 8 but a glorified jped welcome screen as it certainly wont have much to offer in the way of features , I liked windows good old xp , hated vista and thought og good windows 7 is not bad seems microsoft learnt nothing since the horrible vista failure did they ??

Simple answer is that Aero is horribly inefficient and it's probably better for MS to axe it than to have spend any resources trying to make it better.

So, they release aero when most systems were slow enough to be hurt by it, then remove it when most systems are not noticeably effected by it. As for native DVD support, vlc is better anyway, no need to buy some extra app that still isn't as good as vlc.

Originally posted by Morreale:

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But I like Aero :(

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Seems like the features in Win8 is katchup.......

Originally posted by KillerBug:

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So, they release aero when most systems were slow enough to be hurt by it, then remove it when most systems are not noticeably effected by it. As for native DVD support, vlc is better anyway, no need to buy some extra app that still isn't as good as vlc.

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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So, they release aero when most systems were slow enough to be hurt by it, then remove it when most systems are not noticeably effected by it. As for native DVD support, vlc is better anyway, no need to buy some extra app that still isn't as good as vlc.

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Perhaps this will be the "New XP" we've all been waiting for.....

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Simple answer is that Aero is horribly inefficient and it's probably better for MS to axe it than to have spend any resources trying to make it better.

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Does this mean that the Aero features that are EXTREMELY useful are gone now?
I don't really care that I can see through my title bar when it's being dragged, but I damn sure like the app preview icons and other Aero features.