More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8

It doesn't matter what the customers want.

They can only get what is on offer. Or they can hang on to what they already have - there is a limit to how long they can do that.

The prices are being slashed in the hope those who are resisting will just get one anyway and put up with it because it is cheap.That will probably work over a period of time.

There is nothing else unless the buyers can afford a Mac.

gregrocker said:

That's another thing besides the fact that no one is trying or buying Win8 at these big box stores. I'm so boggled by this I stop by every one I see to watch. One problem is that many of them don't work, including the 2-3 touchscreens which have Win8 on them.

And if you figure out how to click around on the Metro screen and find the instruction video it has such an advanced demo it only boggles you more. You'd have to have the skills of a Benihana chef to do all that touch-tossing, pinching and other finger whirly-gigging. and they're trying to sell this mostly on non-touchscreens so who made this blunder? Now watch them back away from the mess, slowly.

It only aggravates consumers who are bucking up to move from XP, or want to see what could possibly improve on Win7. Most want a competent, easily-intuitive (Win7) desktop experience, not a phone or Ipad app.

It is only going to be a few enthusiasts who try the Linux route.

The public won't - not unless it is widely available on a range of oem machines.

There is a possibilty the Chinese involvement will give ubuntu a bit of a leg up - which may help with the oem situation. Surprising there hasn't been more coverage of that on the net.

Hard to tell at this stage.

whs said:

It is always a few who start a trend.

HammerHead said:

Win 7 still has life so I have not been in a hurry...

I'm in no hurry at all. I'll wait until the smoke clears after Win 9 comes out to decide what to do. The problem is I have software I depend on that won't operate in Linux, even in Wine. By then, however, it's possible that enough people will have become fed up with M$ that either Linux or another OS will be compatable with those programs.

HammerHead said:

...I don't like the attitude from MS.

You and a whole heck of a lot of us.