Of course pc sales are going to be flatter with many other options in the marketplace. I am waiting for Surface however, I will buy windows 8 PC and leap for my kids, the new generation know.
Clearly the author is to old in body or mind or both. Yes I agree us old folk get stuck in our ways. But it's my kids that are going to love it, they already try and touch the monitor and TV like it was a smartphone, my 6 year old operates an iPhone perfectly.
Yes an article about old people worried about new ways isn't surprising at all heard the same tired tunes with regards unity which after a few release is starting to humm and now feels intuitive.
You can wait for windows9 all you like it will just be a more refined 8.
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