Windows 8 proving less popular than Vista

If only they knew what was good for them. I've been using 'nix since Solaris (Sparc Classic) and FreeBSD 1.0 in '93. There is a reason it has a tiny marketshare on the desktop market, despite its considerable evolution. I agree with you about clouds and convergence (see Live365), but not that the desktop market will somehow evaporate. I started out reading these Win8 threads in November or so, and, like dude, where's my desktop? You're turning my productivity device into a content/entertainment delivery ecosystem? wtf? Then I realized how easy it was to have both. I don't feel "forced." I feel like I'm being given a new OS with a lot of nifty features.

I paid nearly $1000 for my IPad 3. For a couple of hundred more for a Surface Pro I get an i5/Win8 touchscreen with pressure-sensitive pen that can connect (displayport) to my 30" NEC and function as a full desktop. And all those other real improvements in the links I provided above.

But my real point is how many PCs will ship with Win8 in 2013, whatever the debate is here.

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