Speak for yourself mate. You are not "most people:
Windows 7 Overtakes Windows XP As the Most Popular Desktop OS
http://news.yahoo.com/windows-7-overtakes-windows-xp-most-popular-desktop-053648086.html
How much of that is because you get Win 7 when you buy a PC. It isn't exactly a victory for Microsoft when they win because the XP computers are being replaced because of age attrition.
Sometimes the best thing for the OS to do is "not get in the way". Vista got in the way of using the computer. Windows 7 less so. I don't know about Windows 8, but it looks like it will get in the way more. When I use a desktop computer, I usually want a big screen out of arm's reach so a touch interface will either be difficult or impossible for me. Even with a mouse interface I look for the keyboard shortcuts so I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard for most operations.
But then I'm still looking for a way to send Free Republic a stack of punch cards and get 14x11" printouts a few days later.