Originally Posted by techguyone

Clearly its failed to some degree, or they wouldn't have considered changing it back...

MS greatly screwed up thinking that the whole world was going to be using a touch screen interface, and tried to force the issue. Too early & with an interface that *might* be ok on a phone or tablet, but for a desktop environment? come on. There's a reason why desktop/productivity users have a mouse & keyboard, and it's not for sentimentality is it.


Mindset/Tech/UI isn't there yet for a full on touchy only experience. MS bungled it, and are now trying to rectify the situation. Steve Ballmer provided a useful sacrifice too.


I'll be on Windows 8.1 in a day or so, and will be fine, mainly thanks to people that do the Classic Start menu software. I'm comfortably reassured that with 'Metro' out of the way, I'll be happily enjoying the (many) bits of Windows 8 that do work for me in my particular configuration.

10% market share failure? well Nix and Mac must really be up a certain creek without a paddle then

I'm also that guy who had ZERO problems or Issues with VIsta and felt that most of the hysteria surrounding that was more due to media frenzy than user issues.