Memory is suddenly expensive? That commonly-available eight core Intel I7 cpu is suddenly too slow?
Was somebody perhaps solving the wrong fecking problems?
And were all those efficiency gains worth the loss of the ability to run overlapping windows?
When my nice, reliable and stable, easy-to-use Windows 7 instance can no longer be supported, I can promise I will not switch to Windows 8 because I freaking hate the interface. I have quite a few clients at the top of town who depend on my advice, and I can guarantee you W8 is getting the sad head shake.
Type the first few letters of an app, instead of choosing from a start menu? No, wrong.
Wrong.
Read. My. Lips. W8 is wrong.