Windows 8 sales 'well below' projections, report claims

And while Jakob Nielsen gives Windows 8 the thumbs-down, Don Norman, his Design Group partner has given a very different opinion:

"Windows 8 is brilliant, and its principles have been extended to phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop machines (and larger -- for example, Surface), whether operated by gesture, mouse and keyboard, or stylus, but with appropriately changed interaction styles for the different sizes of devices and different input devices."

http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/updated_microsoft.html

(note that the Surface that he refers to is the table device, not the tablet)

The market will eventually decide, but I have to say, I really don't know what all the fuss is about; I'm quite happily using Windows 8 on my desktop.

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Geoff Coupe