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The moment the average non-computer savy consumer steps into a store and wants to buy a new desktop from Dell or HP. The second Windows 8 launched every pre-build desktop came pre-installed with it. There is no choice there unless you want to spend extra cash on a Windows 7 license and even more cash to pay some computer store to install it for you.
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Yes, and that’s where Microsoft’s influence over its hardware manufacturers comes in. They’ll be leaning
heavily on Samsung, Toshiba etc. to introduce touch screens, trackpads etc. in a big way, and move towards form factors like ultrabooks, tablets, touchscreen all-in-ones which work better with the software.
If someone’s flogging Windows 8 on a hefty old desktop they’re being stupid.
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The problems I described don't apply to me, like I said I'm content with Windows 7 and am not switching anytime soon. But the average consumer will have this change forced down their throat next time they upgrade their system, which is just bullshit. Not to mention that support for Windows 7 will stop at some point, even if that is 10 years from now.
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Yeah, probably around the time Windows 10 gets released.
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W7 has tons of little problems that are only mildly irksome. With every new OS, they simplify it to make it more user friendly. This is the bane of computer savvy folks everywhere, because we don't like to have our stuff dumbed down and our options limited.
The answer shouldn't be to give users fewer options, it should be to make the options that are already there easier to understand.
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At some point, you have to sit down and say “do we really need to keep this feature?” An interface with too many options for a single task is never a good thing – as Milton Glaser once said, “just enough is more”.
This is why Apple products like iPads are so easy for the average joe to get – they’re
simple. And simplicity is not necessarily detrimental to power.