[citation][nom]ricdiculus[/nom]DO NOT BUY THIS. YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE END OF THE DESKTOP PC! Just ask Ballmer.[/citation]
I hear this argument a lot, and then I hear the same people talk about how win7 is 'all a person could ever need'.
So... if win7 is all you need... then why not just buy a few retail copies that you can install on future machines and be done with it?
Besides, win8 is a much better desktop platform than win7. Better hardware use, better task manager, better/simpler UI (though I do miss Aero a little), and better multi-screen support. I pretty much never see the metro interface in my use (when you go to sleep from desktop, then when you log in it starts you on desktop). But maybe it is just me?
My fear is that they screw up WP8 somehow. If WP8 ends up sucking, then I will stick with win7 and get an Android.