[SeekAndFind]

See also here:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57541918-75/poll-shows-tepid-interest-in-windows-8/

Poll shows tepid interest in Windows 8

A survey finds half of consumers haven’t even heard of Windows 8. Microsoft will spend over $1 billion in advertising to alter that condition.

[Gay State Conservative]

My desktop runs XP Pro and my laptop runs 7.I’m fully satisfied with both.

[raybbr]

Got a copy from Staples (8 Pro) for $40. The guy claimed it was a clean install but I am not sure. It's hard to tell from the packaging. I am not sure whether to put it on my office box or my laptop.

The guys at Staples were really trying to defend 8 when I brought up the idea that putting it on a desktop or laptop without a touch screen seemed like a waste of design. "Oh, but you don't HAVE to have a touch screen." Yeah, I know but it seems to me the whole interface is for a touch screen.

I have a Windows 7.5 Phone. I actually like it. The biggest complaint I have about it is that you have to use Zune to do anything with it. You can't just plug it into Windows and have explorer "see" and drag and drop. It's clear MS is using Zune like Apple uses iTunes. Everything has to go through a marketplace first. Blech!

[TheRhinelander]

This O/S will be a colossal failure. I predict Miscrosuck will have to come out with a new PC only O/S and scrap Windows 8 altogether.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Microsoft has failed to show me why I need it.

[FryingPan101]

I have Vista, XP, 7. I’m ok with those for my needs. I just got a great HP Envy printer. I’m wild about it. I’m looking at a new tablet because I love the IPad first edition. I’m just not ready for a computer with a new os and what it means. May be timing.