Tbh, the biggest problem with windows 8 is that for desktop users, it's an update for the sake of an update. There is nothing wrong with windows 7. It's not like going from Vista to 7. At least vista tried to make some improvements over XP, it failed, but at least it tried. To get the most out of 8 on a desktop, you have to side step the new features to get functionality similar to 7. To what end?

Obviously that's not the case on a tablet, I'm actually all for it on a tablet. I'll be buying the Surface just as soon as I can get my hands on one.