[citation][nom]meluvcookies[/nom]It continually amazes me how the common sense of boards like this one can predict the failure of something like Win8 MONTHS (if not years) in advance, and yet Microsoft (and others) continue down their paths of failure. Here's hoping that Win9 puts the "Win" back in windows.[/citation]
If you listen to this board, Apple has been failing hard for the last 5 years and continuing to anger its customer base and put out underpowered, overpriced crap in a fancy box since the iMac. They should be bankrupt any minute now.
Win8 was a necessary step. And it COULD and SHOULD be a great operating system. The problem was that there's no easy way to get out of Metro and into the familiar workspace we have grown to love. Win8 is necessary because computing is changing. Microsoft has FINALLY gotten the hint that the reason Apple isn't failing is that enough people have created an ecosystem of their products and their software integrates all of it easily. Win8 is the first step to make that a reality for Microsoft.
Of course people will initially reject it. Until everyone has Win8 running on their phones, tablets and computers, plus integration with some kind of set-top box for their home entertainment system, and possibly some vehicle integration, it's just going to be an awkward transition. But Microsoft HAD to do something. Android (Google ChromeOS) has started selling laptops now. They're cheap, and if successful, Microsoft could find itself in 3rd place for mobile computing pretty quickly. And we all know that more laptops are sold than desktops now.
Computing has branched into work computing and leisure computing. Win8 is Microsoft's expensive gamble to hold on to the leisure computing sector.
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