Quote Originally Posted by Maneki View Post
From a business perspective, there's a lot that Win8 is trying to accomplish. There's a huge gap in the tablet market (that was largely pioneered by Microsoft before Apple came out with the iPad) that Microsoft needs to make up, and for better or for worse, Win8 is the answer. Yes, Win8 is geared towards touch-based devices. In a year or two, I'd venture to say the majority of consumer devices will have a touch screen. If Microsoft waits for that to happen (or isn't a part of that trend), then it'll be far too late to break into the market.

Yes, there's recognition of folks that like customization. However, for the majority of the market, people buy devices and never actually change anything about them. Not everyone can cater to everyone, just to the majority. If you like your customization, then stick with Win7 for now. I also don't see Metro (or a derivative) going away in future iterations of Windows.
While I do agree PCs are moving towards touchscreens, MS has made it clear we are not allowed to use a desktop and start menu any more, they have sone this by desperately removing all the hacks to access the start menu, anyone with a sense of logic would offer both the desktop and UIs have metro as the default, people who either like it or don't want to change things around will stick (most people) but the people who like a desktop built around a keyboard and mouse can use it. Win8 on mobiles and tablets will succed (if MS can get companies to use them) Win8 on PC will fail, there was never anything wrong with the desktop why change it?

Also the thing is the good old keyboard and mouse will never go out because of gamers, there will always be a demand for things that work with a keyboard and mouse because people have been using them for 20-30 years now and are use to them, however if (and this is a big if) the mouse went completly obsolete then they switch to metro full time, but, for now, MS needs to give us a desktop or Win8 WILL fail no ifs or buts if people cannot use metro with a keyboard and mouse we will have Win9 in 2-3 years time.

I am not saying Win8 should not use metro, I am saying give us the option, then when touchscreen PCs are the norm they use metro only.