Ouch! Another sting from labeeman.
I'll just have to place mud on it to draw out the venom.
Lack of apps for recently opening their Store, sure. It was the same with Apple and Google. They will come in time for MS.
Lack of quality apps, no. The Windows Mail app is much better than WLM of previous. The app sucked in RP, but with each update of additional options and more stability it's quite cat's meow now. It takes my Mail app in 8 to open and refresh 1/30 of the time than WLM in 7. And upon boot, one gets preview with amount of mail on Splash Screen and scrolling previews on the live tile. Much easier to use also IMO. Other apps as well.
"Never assume that the first iteration will succeed," said King of Strategic Analytics. "For a small company,a failure could be disastrous, but for Microsoft,as large as it is,it's just a hiccup."
"I don't think this is Microsoft's last shot [at Windows 8 success]," said Forrester's Gownder of Blue. "Microsoft has made missteps with Windows 8, but they did the same with Windows Vista. And they moved on. They have an established position in the market,and a lot to offer. They'll get there."
It'll only get better with time IMO.
I have a feeling that some on this forum because of their discontent with the OS never gave the apps a chance of day. Hardly ever used them to see what they really are or how they perform. Sure, a lot are "consumption" apps at first, but we used those before on past OSs' desktops. The production apps will come with time also.
I think to really learn the system one must learn and use the apps. I challenge those that haven't to use them, let's say two weeks, then report how it goes. Those that did a while ago in infancy with instability and few options, set that aside and try again. They really have come a long way.
I also realize there's a problem of windowing and perhaps 1/3-2/3 snapping, but with the preview of Blue they seem to be working on this problem.
That's my mud for the sting.