Windows 8 - God of modern day operating systems.

I don't understand what you expect to get here, everyone has different opinions, just because you are so confident in yours, does not mean it is right.

Try working somewhere where you have to support an OS and the programs running on it, and imagine what it's like to explain new concepts to user's who have difficulty typing in their correct login information.... It is clear the emphasis on Windows 8 was for touch devices, I see no specific business applications that are drastically improved over 7, the performance may be better, but at this point, most of our customers caught up on hardware to run Windows 7 properly anyways.

i deal with this at work too. i dont even wanna think about trying to train everyone how to get around in windows 8

This is all you need to know...

"At this point, it isn’t entirely clear how Microsoft intends to spur the adoption of Windows 8. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but Windows Vista actually enjoyed faster growth than Windows 8 — and we know all too well how the Vista story played out."

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/149762-four-months-in-windows-8-adoption-is-almost-at-a-standstill

maybe for one person that understands computers slightly. just because users can "use" a computer, doesnt mean that they are really computer literate, and the change is pretty drastic in windows 8 compared to 7/xp, to deploy it on a large scaled (business wide) would take more than "2 minutes and a google search" to be done successfully

also pretty difficult to google when they cant log into the computer...

okay...cause you (someone who presumably knows windows 8 already) googled and found a site and read it in 57 seconds, we should assume that it will take everyone 57 seconds? youre just rehashing the statement i already made, it would take that long for someone who already knows computers/windows. but a lot of people just know how to click on the icons that we place in their desktop and type in excel/word.

and they have the tech number because its saved in their phones. one button pressed and they get us on the other line.

You need to hit the real world before it hits you lol.

i agree, people could benefit a lot from learning more....but youve got to understand that the sole factor stopping people from this is that it means they have to change. from my experience if you make someone change something from their daily routine, they generally react pretty poorly to it. windows 8 is a change...in some ways good, but in others, not so great.

gotta agree with chugot

Because not everyone has the technical know how and capacity to learn, and many do not want to, I have customers that I explain the entire process too for something in the hopes that they will not have to call in again, some listen, some it goes in one ear and out the other, just a fact of life, better get used to it. I can tell you, most people do not like the high and mighty techies, as a result, I try to be as helpful and understanding of their situation, no point in my getting upset over their lack of technical skill.

First I have Win 8 Pro on my laptop, but no current plans to upgrade my home desktops - just not worth the cost. No the interface does not bother me and as you said Start 8 gets you back to windows 7 Look-a-like and functionality.
And as You said Windows 8.1 (a free upgrade from windows 8.0) is just around the corner.
But to clarify:
.. Cost for Upgrade from Windows 7 Premium to Windows 8 BASIC is $120 but to go to Win 8 pro is like $199. Win 8 Pro OEM is around $140 - good for a new system, but Unless you can do an Upgrade from Existing Win 7 Premium, not so good.

.. Profitable: No where’s near Windows 7, in fact very close to Vista. As with Vista, the corporate world is avoiding it. Most large corporations will probably skip over and wait to see what windows 9 brings. uSoft fired the head developer of Windows 8.

.. Performance: You are trying to tell everyone that uSoft word, excel, IE Runs faster/smother - I found NO difference. YES Boot time is impressive. Cut my boot time from approx 25 Sec to approx 8 sec, BUT this is not a factor for 24/7 operation and only really affect individuals that reboot several times. Gaming benchmarks show little difference, This could change (unknown), but then I'm not a gamer.

.. Security -Yep, better than windows 7 BUT much of that is that the "BAD" guys tend to target the largest group which is currently windows 7 - so that could change as time passes. Myself I never had a problem with WinXP, or 7 - Not so dumb as to open unknown links - LOLs.

... Compatibility: Would end to agree with this for the "Home/Gamer" community. But his is a problem for the corporate world where specialized software/hardware i used.
Example I'm Still using a ground support system that uses two Pentium 90 computers running WINDOWS 3.11 FWG. They stared building a replacement a year ago to upgrade to windows 7 - cost for this single system upgrade >$100,000. They will NOT move to Windows 8 for the majority of work computes here because of compatibility issues. One of the biggest problems currently is SECURITY; The Software will not run under windows 8.

Bottom Line: As a User of windows 8 and have no problems running the software that I use, I see NO compelling reason to flush money down the lew to Upgrade from windows 7 - New system, need oS it is fine!

These do not sound like the characteristics of a "God of modern day operating systems". You know two OS's that did have these? XP and Win7. They currently have 39% and 44% of the OS market. Win8 has less than 3%.

You do not understand how the tech world works, the knowledge of low level operations lies in the hands of a shrinking few. How many developers today do you think program in machine language? Once the foundation is built, learning moves upwards, and the knowledge of how that foundation was built is lost. It is really a huge problem today that our emphasis on learning has moved to such a high level, those with true knowledge of the inner workings of a PC are dwindling and their expertise comes at an extreme premium. You want high paying job that will always have work, learn machine language, there will always have to be someone who knows programming at that level We no longer want to know the details, we just want the end result. All current advancements in technology in the consumer market are towards ease of use, most people don't want to download programs to make it work how they want, they expect that feature out of the box.

Win8 sales are stalling. Win7 is still growing. Vista grew faster and is still ahead of Win8. By what metric is Win8 a success? Good OS or not, it is by far the worst selling OS Microsoft has ever had.

The people who buy them will run Win7 on them. Because as I stated, Win7 is still growing. Also keep in mind, Microsoft sells Win7 for over $100 a copy. They tried selling Win8 for months and not many ppl bought it for $40 a copy.

"Blue" = 8.1 which as I said is just around the corner.
A year from now will be a New OS, which Like going from Vista -> windows 7, will be Windows 8 -> windows X. Just pointing out that year from now your stats for WINDOWS 8 may be irrelevent.

Just a note. Windows 7 COULD have been a service pac to Vista. MS HAD to change the Name as Corporate America woud NOT move to vista. UNLESS MS makes some changes Corporate America will move veryyyyy slowly to Win 8/win 8.1. Upgrading Home users are such a small target. Unfortunatly many Home users consider an upgrade from Windows 7 Premium -> Windows 8 BASIC as a "Downgrade" and not worth the money.

They sold Win8 for $40 from October to February and it still sold less copies than Vista.

I'm not sure why you think that enthusiasts will all of a sudden start buying Win8 for their new builds. They generally avoid it like the plague right now.