PC Users Unlikely to Embrace Windows 8

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PC Users Unlikely to Embrace Windows 8 topic here ..


Here on NetworkWorld.com: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/121911-pc-users-unlikely-to-embrace-254207.html

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'Research firm IDC expects to see few Windows 8 upgrades on desktops and laptops, and it even predicts that users of conventional PCs won't show much interest in Microsoft's upcoming operating system.

Microsoft is facing a tough sell with the new operating system, IDC said, because it's trying to span two worlds by offering one platform for tablets and conventional PCs.

"Windows 8 will be largely irrelevant to the users of traditional PCs," said IDC. "We expect effectively no upgrade activity from Windows 7 to Windows 8 in that form factor."

Explaining the dour forecast, IDC analyst Al Gillen said, "Customers will be asking, What value does Windows 8 bring to my desktops and laptops?' And the only real value I can see is it provides access to the Windows app store."
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.. and Scott Johnson comment (in Comments) on December 19, 2011, 2:20 PM:

'Doing it their way cripples Windows, a system that much of the current world relies on.

Without the start menu, you've lost quick access to your program lists, control panels, search boxes, run commands, regedit, services, administrator options, recent items, and everything else that was conveniently located in the menu.

Now you have to leave your Windows environment and search through the Metro environment, just to be taken back to the Windows environment when you find what you need. It doesn't make operational sense and, more to the point, there's no benefit.

It would be like down-scaling your kitchen, putting all your appliances in the living room, and moving the refrigerator to the bedroom. Sure you can still get to everything, but...

What Microsoft has done, which pisses off desktop users, is place the value of a mobile device over that of the desktop. You now have to go through Metro to get to Windows, and then not everything is there.

Microsoft believes that mobile devices are the end-all of computing now, which is completely false. Desktops still outnumber tablets by a large margin and they aren't going anywhere. There isn't going to be a post-PC world and Microsoft still needs to make a desktop OS, which Metro is not.

And not for nothing, Metro is just plain ugly. I don't like it, I don't want to look at it, and I am not the only one. It looks a McDonald's cash register or something that was made by Mattel. Talk about the dumbing down of America.'
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[iPanik]

Remember that you are basing your opinion on a developer preview. A lot will change before RTM.

Microsoft is in a position where they have to aim at the mobile marked. The tablet, notebooks and ultrabooks are continually stealing shares from the desktop, so not aiming at the mobile marked would be a big misstep by Microsoft.

Who knows, maybe the final version will have a option to turn off metro and revert to the start menu. then you don't have to look at it.

 

[Jack]

I really don't think Microsoft will load the Metro UI for the regular PC Users by default ,as it has no real use for those who aren't on a gadget with touch screen and go instead for a more traditional approach... with start menu and all the full use of mouse and the other stuff..

Windows 8 to offer both Metro and desktop interface


By default, Metro will actually hide and not even load the Windows desktop. But people who prefer the more familiar environment can easily flip a switch to display the desktop, which Sinofsky referred to as "just another app" in Windows 8.
"The things that people do today on PCs don't suddenly go away just because there are new Metro style apps," said Sinofsky, who is president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live Division. "The mechanisms that people rely on today (mice, physical keyboards, trackpads) don't suddenly become less useful or 'bad' just because touch is also provided as a first-class option. These tools are quite often the most ergonomic, fast, and powerful ways of getting many things done."

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[Hungry Man]

It definitely will be loading Metro by default, I can't see how it wouldn't.

They may offer a Win7 version as well but not by default.

What does Win8 offer for the average user?

Well, what does WinV or Win7? Basically... improved performance, continued support, improved security.

In the case of Windows 8 we also see such features as an app store.

I know users who are satisfied with XP... they just don't bother upgrading.

I think most people don't bother upgrading and that's always been the case, people don't see the point in shelling out money for an OS they don't understand. What they do is buy a new computer once every few years and get the latest OS that's on it.

 

[ChromiumHF]

I think the Metro UI will come built in windows 8 and enabled for those that are using touch interface PC's.

 

[Littlebits]

Unless Windows 8 can offer something special different from Windows 7 or Vista, I doubt most users will upgrade. Many users are still running Windows XP and it completely suitable for their needs.

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[jamescv7]

For me its like some of the features for Windows 8 is capable for Tablets.

Well as they made Windows 8, its good if they will include like a wizard from the first time install in Windows 8, state whether choose Metro UI or the Desktop Interface.

 

[yowanvista]

Windows 8 is a heavily touchscreen optimized OS, who would want such an OS on a regular desktop PC?