I took my daughter out to dinner for her seventeenth birthday last night and asked if she would like to go with me afterward to see the Windows 8 stuff at our local Best Buy. Her eyes lit up. Sure! It was Friday evening at around 7:00. The store was fairly busy with most in the computer section. Roughly 10 people there. Keep in mind that this is not one of the big stores. They told me it was a "community" store. Also, neither one of us has ever used a touch screen before.
When we reached the department we were greeted by a young, friendly sales person. I asked where all the Windows 8 items were. She led us to the aisle of mostly ultrabooks. Most of them had 8 loaded. She pointed out the ones that had touch screens. Those were marked by a little placard at the top of the screen.
Here's the kicker. I asked her if they had any Surfaces on display. With a very puzzled look on her face she asked "Is that a kind of Windows 8?" I had a little chuckle in my mind. I smiled and explained that Microsoft is getting into the hardware business and had released a hybrid pad called Surface RT. Do you have any on display? Still puzzled looking she got on her communication device they all wear and asked someone about the Surface. Surface? Hybrid? were the answering questions. Ahhhh. No.
It was then I pretty much knew we were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lol! I looked around and noticed that all of the sales personnel were all in there twenties, young thirties at most. I asked within myself "Don't these sales people keep up with the times? Doesn't management teach them these things?" Apparently not. If it isn't on the shelf on display, they know nothing of it.
Anywho, we played around with 8 on touch screens conversing back and forth discussing the new UI. I liked it as much as I imagined I would. I think my daughter did as well, for she asked me if I could buy her one. Lol! I think she's ready to move on from her old lappy. It's interesting to see the young seek new technology.
We'll visit the bigger Best Buy in the bigger next town over soon, as my daughter suggested being the power shopper that she is.
