Not me. I don't want to be talking to my computer while I'm talking to a customer on the phone or at my desk.

If you say the same sort of things at your computer that I do at mine .... good choice.
(me and computers ... love/hate buds going on 30 years)

Windows 8: good for tablets, bad for desktops/laptops

To be fair to Microsoft, Windows phones with the tile interface of 8 is probably as intuitive an interface as I've seen on a phone. A buddy of mine has a Windows phone and I've messed around with it and it's impressive. Incredible camera.

Amazed that this just keeps going and going. Lots of great (and strongly held) opinions on both sides. An update: the Windows 8 laptop sets in its box with a receipt taped to it, waiting to be subtracted from Best B**'s bottom line, and the MacBook Air just landed on the front doorstep courtesy of UPS and Apple.

Congrats! Just ordered a new laptop myself. Inspiron 15 7000 Series Aluminum Laptop Details | Dell (http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-7537/pd?oc=dncwb567h&model_id=inspiron-15-7537)

Arrives tomorrow. Can't wait! (I love new toys)

Those aren't too bad. They sell pretty well for me. Hopefully you didn't over pay. :-P

Amazed that this just keeps going and going. Lots of great (and strongly held) opinions on both sides. An update: the Windows 8 laptop sets in its box with a receipt taped to it, waiting to be subtracted from Best B**'s bottom line, and the MacBook Air just landed on the front doorstep courtesy of UPS and Apple.

I have a 2008 model Macbook Pro and it's still my main computer, running like a dream! Apple service is second to none and once you learn the differences between windows and Mac OS you'l never look back! (Most keyboard shortcuts are the same, except with command instead of control, and learn the different multitouch gestures that make your life easier) Enjoy your 12+ hour battery and let me know if you have any questions!

I have a 2008 model Macbook Pro and it's still my main computer, running like a dream! Apple service is second to none and once you learn the differences between windows and Mac OS you'l never look back! (Most keyboard shortcuts are the same, except with command instead of control, and learn the different multitouch gestures that make your life easier) Enjoy your 12+ hour battery and let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks, I will do that. Once I got it to stop talking to me, I was golden.

Windows 8 has converted more people to Apples than John Chapman...

Windows 8 has converted more people to Apples than John Chapman...
Unfortunately for a lot of us a Mac does no good as the software I run (Revit, 3dsMax) only runs on Windows. I will just stay with Win7 on everything else for now.

^ I think that is a key point on Windows 8. It is designed for a touch screen interface and feels a bit (maybe more than a bit?) clunky without one. Makes perfect sense on a Windows phone or Surface, but not as intuitive on a laptop without touchscreen.

Agree. In that way, Metro was probably a couple years too early. They should have figured out how to make it work on the tablet and the phones, made all the speed improvements and rolled out 8 as a better 7. A smaller iteration. Maybe a Windows 7 Touch for beta testing existing touch laptop devices, even.

The issue was more on management, most of the problems were brought up early and often in the previews and beta, they ignored the feedback to keep their 'one windows' concept. In fact they doubled down and had several of the ways people had found in the preview and beta to reactivate features taken out.

"The Rest of the Story"

The Redhead bought herself a MacBook Air and set me up an account on it. Once we realized that both of us are so net-addicted that the "let's just share the one" idea wasn't going to work, she bought me an identical one for Valentine's day.

I had a lot of crap already set up on her Mac...email (outlook), favorites, etc, so I was dreading the usual agony of starting up a new computer.

Mine arrived yesterday, I turned it on, it asked me how I wanted to set it up, i.e. "From another Mac"...once the two computers detected each other and the six-digit code was entered to start the transfer, in 10 minutes I was up and going without having to copy/paste or transfer to flash drive etc.

The Microsoft Windows 8 Surface tablet...I dunno. I lost it somewhere in the house. I think I am using it to level an antique clock. The Windows 8 laptop I bought went back to B(igg)est Bite and I exited with a pile of those spiffy new hunna-dolla bills.

Seeya, Microsoft. Look out your "Windows 8" and you'll see my backside receding into the distance.

That Sir, was Poetry. Thank you.
(yet they will have to pry my Windows 7 laptop from my cold, dead hands on account of I'm cheap.
and, it too, was a present. =)