> I would have already upgraded to Win8 if it had a real desktop with a real start menu for my dual 27-inchers instead of a friggin touch interface designed for a tablet.
Walking into Best Buy today, I noticed that almost all the computers had touchscreens. Even the few that also had keyboards in front of them lacked mice.
They're clearly betting on the hypothesis that computers in 2/5/10 years won't have mice, those having been replaced altogether by all-in-one monitors.
In other words, I don't think the intent is to get Windows 8 installed on existing hardware. I think the intent is to get Windows 8[1] to dominate (and perhaps even drive) new sales.
[1] Or, more likely, the successor to Windows 8 - Microsoft customers have always had a pattern of 'skip one, upgrade one', and even without the redesign, Windows 8 falls on one of the 'off' cycles as it is.
You'd be surprised how little most non-geeks use the keyboard for much of what they do. Heck, even geeks use tablets for a lot of daily work.
In any case, I think this was just for display purposes. The touchscreen is intended more to replace the mouse than to replace the keyboard - at least for now.
Walking into Best Buy today, I noticed that almost all the computers had touchscreens. Even the few that also had keyboards in front of them lacked mice.
They're clearly betting on the hypothesis that computers in 2/5/10 years won't have mice, those having been replaced altogether by all-in-one monitors.
In other words, I don't think the intent is to get Windows 8 installed on existing hardware. I think the intent is to get Windows 8[1] to dominate (and perhaps even drive) new sales.
[1] Or, more likely, the successor to Windows 8 - Microsoft customers have always had a pattern of 'skip one, upgrade one', and even without the redesign, Windows 8 falls on one of the 'off' cycles as it is.