I assume like OSX there would be virtually no learning curve between updates, it would be kind of like a Service pack, but more repetitive and more focused on experience than security (since Microsoft uses constant updates to handle that.)

Using XP costs money for the headaches alone, I don't understand why everyone using Windows doesn't have 7. I can see not using 8, but there is no excuse for not having 7 on all Windows machines. None. XP came out a decade ago.

"I still have that half-second grace period to nudge the mouse and not need to punch in the password to unlock it." You know you can change when the monitor suspends and set that differently as to when you are prompted for a password? I use Start8 and avoid Metro on my desktop, but it's amazing on my tablet. The problem is that Windows 8 needs to detect when there is no touch input and act accordingly, or let Metro apps run in a Windowed mode. Duh, add an exit, minimize, maximize button to the metro apps. Add a small drop shadow like the Zune desktop application has. Some of this stuff is common sense, and is what is really holding Windows 8 back from being amazing. Hopefully "blue" fixes this.

Having had to deal with OSX on a work level, with a Mac server, I can vouch that that is totally untrue. I would have killed to have had a Windows or Linux machine running the server environment.

Ask most people who switched to OSX what their OS was prior to OSX, and you will find that most will say XP on an older crappy OEM machine.

Yes, that's because a lot of the people out there still use Windows XP and compare it to the latest OSX; which is almost like comparing the ENIAC to the Apple Lisa. Ask someone with Windows 7 their view on Windows and it will be wholly different.

2 times more powerful? In what universe? Are you saying the hardware barely above the 360 and PS3 are is somehow magically performing twice as well? Hogwash. It's not just a Nintendo thing, the next gen from Microsoft is supposedly going to have what we now would expect from a mid-low range gaming PC, and after PS3 (still) being a loss for Sony (profit wise) I'd expect the same from them. Graphics are becoming less important to people, this next generation will see marginal graphics improvements with big user experience improvements. WiiU is the first of that onslaught, it's not necessarily a bad device just because its specs aren't PC gaming grade. Why so defensive?

I have no idea how you were modded up, because your "Right up until FOX has to step in and get the Supreme Court to declare "lying" as protected free speech... To keep them on the air," is blatantly false. Not only was it not Fox News (it was a Fox affiliate) but that's not even what happened. The Fox affiliate wouldn't run a piece about GMO without a response from Monsanto. It had absolute NOTHING to do with "lying." I'm a critic of Fox News (and MSNBC which has turned into a joke) but at least get your facts somewhat straight, instead of perpetuating this lie that the netroots throw around.

Your take on history is hilarious, the government has never been good at anything aside from issuing money and conducting war. Show me a time in history when government was corrupt and I'll tell you why you're completely incorrect. The government overlooks things its friends do, etc. It's no different in private industry, except the government has virtually unlimited power to ruin your life.

Not to troll but I like my Surface and my WIndows 8 machine with Start8 is phenomenal, and I want a Lumia 920...look at that camera. Microsoft is doing things right, though some things need more polish...but I know tons of people with iPhones that have apps crash constantly, etc. I think Balmer pushed Microsoft through a tough anti-trust time frame and a resurgence is upon us. Also aren't netbooks and ultrabooks...very good sellers?

Not to rain on Nate Silver's parade, but Real Clear Politics's state by state average was also correct on every single state. So, you know.

A Union for IT would be completely disastrous locking in people who haven't adapted to technology. Get this: A lot of people who work in IT aren't in their 20s or 30s. Talk to anyone who works in IT security and you'll see that a vast majority of people there have NO clue what they are doing...and you want a Union to make it harder to fire these people while giving them a pension that takes away from people who come in and actually know the new technology? Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.

The sticker price of the car would never pay for the gas money you'd save by switching to it. I actually like the Tesla cars, you can go into their stores in some cities and it's pretty neat to see...but it's also expensive as hell. If you want to save on gas just buy a motorcycle.

And Obama did everything in his power to stop it! Just kidding, it actually increased drastically.

I'm just waiting on someone to violate the patent I filed to put "images that represent programs or their activities" on "computing devices."