Oh, and when they ask what's wrong with Windows 8, you can just point out that Windows 8 is nothing more than a test from Microsoft to force users into adopting the post PC tablet era, which is just not happening anytime soon.
As "cool" as some may think Win8 is, I'm sorry - it offers nothing that a corporate user would even
consider using on a desktop system. (I'm referring to the Metro side here). I can see,
perhaps, corporations MAYBE integrating some surface tablets at some point, however even if they do that the users are going to be plugging the keyboards into them, setting them on a desktop or table and using the desktop side like they would any laptop. When on the plane they're going to use Metro to play solitaire, check the weather and do (for all practical purposes) non-productive type things. I'm sure corporations are going to invest in technology that gives their people more ways to waste time.
With that being the case why not just have a laptop? Betcha dollars-to-doughnuts that's exactly the reasoning going on in boardrooms right now.
You're not going to see Metro versions of Excel and Word anytime soon (I mean, let's get real here folks). Those are extremely mature products. Ditto that for any super-involved software offerings such as CAD/CAM, development tools, etc. Metro is at-best a consumer-level presentation layer. Microsoft has one hell of a long uphill climb if they have any aspirations of replacing the desktop system.
Some have said that Microsoft's aim is to get rid of the desktop. Get real. That just ain't going to happen. Augment it, MAYBE, replace it? No way.
On the consumer side, Metro is "OK" but after looking at it for a year-and-a-half I am not even a tiny bit tempted (as an individual user) to trade in my iPad or iPhone for anything running Metro. One of my colleagues has a Windows phone. It looks OK but pry the iPhone out of my (or many others) hands it certainly will not.
Do I hate Win8? No. Most of you know me here, I don't hate any technology. I just don't see a bright future for Microsoft on this one.
-Max