a brief break from surgery talk. i installed win 8 on my work and home pc and someone asked me my take:
i love it enough that i installed it on BOTH computers i use the most... at work the rule is "as long as it doesn't stop (prevent or slow down) productivity" they don't care. we're developers, so they know we'll be curious and install beta's of things and be early adopters. and they want us to because they'll benefit in the long run. that said, a group of us bit the bullet and just upgraded to see what's going on.
after 1 hour of use i decided to upgrade my main computer at home. the one i use more than any other. so if i'm going to make the 2 computers i use the most win 8 that should tell you i really like it. my laptop is faster (mostly i think of clean install) but i'm learning all the new keys and actions to do things. the UI is smooth like a smart phone and the apps that are written for "metro style" are super sweet. think iPad but your entire computer. and to switch from "metro" to "classic" is a matter of moving your mouse to a corner of the screen and clicking.
as i'm typing this i'm using google chrome in "classic" mode. most of the time at work i'm in that mode too. if the average user stays in that mode like me they'll be all like "i don't get why i needed to upgrade" other than it being smoother. but i think after developers start building more "metro style" apps. build enough to where a person doesn't have to use classic mode for anything, then people will REALLY like it. that is going to take 3 years at least, which means a lot of people and companies are going to hang on to windows 7 like they did with xp.
-win 8 dominator
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