[citation][nom]jescott418[/nom]Just another reason for me not to upgrade to Windows 8. I look for Windows 7 to become the next Windows XP. because who wants to deal with this?[/citation]You can't handle it, huh? Complete overload. Look, just ask for help in the forums. I'm sure they'll be more than happy to give you the Dell and HP websites, so you won't have to bother with choosing an OS or assembling a PC.[citation][nom]NuclearShadow[/nom]It isn't consumer convenience friendly in this case. The naming scheme of them alone makes people raise a eyebrow and that isn't good for the consumer or Microsoft. [/citation]99% of consumers buy a system (phone, laptop, tablet, desktop, whatever) with the OS preinstalled. This won't affect consumers in the slightest. Most of them will get a machine with Win8 Home Premium. Just about any PC you can walk into a store and buy will have this installed and will get the job done.
Now for business/IT and advanced users, there might be some actual decision making involved. You know, some of those insignificant features that only took them "like 5 minutes to make, bro", and should be completely free for some reason? Those might come into play. But if you're in that situation and you're not capable of figuring out what you/your business needs because "oh noes tere's multoople vershins!!1" then you should go ahead and find yourself a nice career in burger flipping instead.
I agree they should eliminate all but one 32-bit version. The 32-bit version should be aimed primarily at businesses and should be called Windows 8 Legacy Edition. It would have a lot of the enhancements of Windows 8 but would obviously be more compatible with legacy hardware and software. If you need additional 32-bit machines deployed (or are replacing faulty/insufficient machines), why put Win7 32-bit on them when Win8 32-bit would carry additional improvements? You have to pay for an OS license for the new box, why not get the newer faster OS?