Ubuntu and any other Linux is fine...if you don’t want to do any real work. No Microsoft Office, and I’m sorry but the free Office alternatives for Linux are all crap.
I’ve been using the Windows 8 final version (RTM) since August and it is spectacular. I think consumers are going to love the innovative and fresh approach that Microsoft has created. We’ll know soon.
You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about.
“Ubuntu and any other Linux is fine...if you don’t want to do any real work. No Microsoft Office, and I’m sorry but the free Office alternatives for Linux are all crap.”
Can’t do real work? Oh, please! I have been using Linux at the office for years. Open Office and Libre Office are not exact clones of Microsoft Office, but they should have more than enough features to satisfy everyone except a few “power users”. I use the word processing and spreadsheet modules, but have not tried the “powerpoint” module and so can’t honestly comment on that particular module. I don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars for a Micro$oft product whose esoteric features I won’t use.
Ah, your check finally arrived from Redmond, I see. :)
Look, I think Win8 will work great on handhelds. I predict a roaring success on Surface and the rumored Microsoft Win8 Phone next year.
But it's gonna suck its way deep into the cold, hard ground when installed on business and home non-touch enabled machines.
There's nothing wrong with that, per se -- non-touch machines can run Win7, a terrific OS -- unless Microsoft gets their head up their ass again like with Vista and tries to shoehorn it down everyone's throat.
Most businesses are telling Microsoft, "F**k me once, shame on you. F**k me twice, shame on me." They won't get fooled again.
But like I said, on handhelds, I expect Win8 to do just dandy.
Absolutely false. Unless you have a need to be compatible with some existing corporate mess built upon Office, that is.
If all you need is ordinary workbooks, documents, and slide decks, you will be fine with Libre. Libre can interoperate with the vast majority of the Office files you are likely to encounter.