Every new version of Windows, for a large part, just re-arranges buttons, moves menu items around the page, makes you work to find out how to do simple things you had already learned how to do in the previous version. In other words, mainly cosmetic changes. I'm sure there are a few improvements to the actual guts of the operating system with each new version, but where the rubber meets the road, the usability of the computer and its software, it's like Microsoft forces you to re-learn all the very basics to do what you had already mastered in the previous version. What a colossal waste of time, redesigning the visual presentation every time. Big multi-colored tiles in Windows 8 are a change for the sake of change (instead of a separate product just for tablets). Most Windows new versions are just that, changing it all so we get so caught up in the cosmetic changes we won't notice the lack of substantive improvements. Nothing is less fun than getting a new computer with the latest version of Windows and having to go back to square one to learn all the new ways we are being forced to learn how to do the simple tasks because MS thought it was better. Different is not better, different is different, not necessarily a bad thing, but definitely bad if it takes dozens of manhours and a radical change in mindset to reach the same level of job performance and functionality (not to mention the level of comfort) that the previous version had evolved into. This isn't about being resistant to change, this is all about productivity, bottom line. I remember the Deskmate user interface. It, too, had large tiles, each tile representing a frequently used program. Inside each tile (or box) was a list of recently used files. So your entire desktop was a grid of your key programs with direct access to your most commonly used files. Talk about efficiency. No fluff, no widgets, no apps to distract you. Just pure productivity. What a concept. When Microsoft touts its millions of units sold, remember that if it didn't come "free" already installed on new computers, how many people would actually choose to go out that buy Windows as a separate stand-alone product and install it on their new computer? There's the real story: how many people actually buy Windows software and install in on their existing computers? I'd like to see those numbers.