Doctor John
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Lawfer, TechSpot Paladin, said: "
Your argument is inherently flawed."
Where do you leave, then, those who have tried it and loved it? I mean, according to you using it must be horrible, right? The combination of desktop + touch under one OS is indeed risky, but only because it's unconventional, not necessarily because it's inferior. Some people can handle this unconventionality and adapt, others don't. And that's fine. I'll go out on a limb here and say you fall in the latter category.
The unnecessarily verbose posts of yours tell me you really want to convince us Windows 8 is a "catastrophe." It won't be. Don't waste your breath. You have your reasons to hate it, fine.
But there are a number of sociological, psychological, and economical factors as to why it won't be a catastrophe. One of them is the the consumer's curiosity. "What is that laptop that turns into a tablet?" Second is, most consuners factor in the price of Surface RT tablets with Office included. The same could be said about someone who already has a tablet and decides to have the same experience on the desktop. Point is, hardware options are considerably more than Vista; MS' rate of penetration with highly differentiated hardware is higher than ever, especially in high tech markets such as Japan and India. Consumers buy and learn. That's not counting the 10+ million W8 upgrades already deployed to large businesses and the enterprise. You must be saying: "That can't be, touch doesn't work on the desktop!" That might be because using Windows 8 with mouse and keyboard is just fine. Different, but not a dealbreaker.
Hell, Vista was bad in the beginning, and it still sold millions. Did it have a bad reputation? Yes. But that didn't stop MS.
MS genuinely believes in Metro. That should scare you, because it means that Windows will never be the same, for better or worse. The trick here is that, lucky for MS, millions and millions of people fall in, you know, the former category."
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My argument is that replacing a mouse and a keyboard (which is ultimately what Microsoft wants to do - lets be honest) with the same index finger, that you pick your nose with, and expecting a person to be productive is ridiculous. Now, explain by example please, how my argument is inherently flawed?
Most of the people who have tried it and love it are people who love 'new'. The reasons I hear for loving Windows 8 are lame and unconvincing. The most monotonous reason people I hear from the lovers of 'new' is that Windows 8 boots faster. That has nothing to do with the interface. The percentage of time people spend booting their computers is about 1% compared to about 99%. All the reasons people praise Windows 8 just aren't convincing or compelling, however, I would have probably already upgraded to Windows 8 if I had no idea about the interface that was in store for me.
Just for comparison, my last message was about 5 paragraphs, which was almost the same size as your reply. My paragraphs aren't verbose just for the hell of it. They are verbose because I meticulously read every word that people write when they try and defend their reasons for believing that everybody should everybody upgrade to Windows 8 because a few nerds who can't control their insatiable addictions to having the latest and greatest software, no matter its flaws. It's the nerd power users who are vehemently defending Windows 8 the most. Why? Because they want to feel secure in the decision that they have made. If you love it so much, enjoy, knock yourself out.
I've made my decision. I am sitting this one out. In 3 years, when Microsoft releases Windows 9 I'll give it a serious look depending on what I am seeing and hearing through the grapevine. The world isn't going to end if I do not upgrade. Life goes on. I have patience and I have no interest in upgrading to Windows 8.
I could understand Moms and Pops, teenage girls who wants to browse facebook, and causual users liking this move. What makes me want to puke is all the nerds who are dropping their pants and bending over for anything Microsoft releases. It really is disgusting.
And the last thing I would like to say is that Gabe Newell said Microsoft's Windows 8 was a catastrophe, not me. He's a billionaire. You want me to give his words a second thought.
Yes, let's not be verbose.
