Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
Is the Windows 8 debacle Microsoft's version of "New Coke"? It seems they tried to push that stupid metro interface on everyone and now they've had to come back with their hat in their hand and undo it with Windows 10. I'm just not sure how Microsoft got it so wrong. Did they really think enterprise users would ever deal with Windows 8? I wouldn't put it on my home pc let alone try to deal with it at work.
It's a classic clash of generations. MS has 20somethings and 30somethings convinced that everyone will be on a tablet tomorrow, because heck,
they're all on tablets right now, so obviously everyone else is, right?
Meanwhile, thousands of businesses continue to plod along with their employees issued Windows 7 or XP desktops and laptops, with virtually zero chance they'll be migrating to tablets in this decade. And frankly, these businesses (run by 40somethings and 50somethings and 60somethings) are much more focused on Office than Windows anyway...which requires a big screen (or two) and a reasonable keyboard to handle those Excel spreadsheets.
MS missed the curve by about 10 years and they're having to pull back now.
Notwithstanding all that, there's nothing wrong with Windows 8 that a Windows 7 skin doesn't cure.