The Next Web : Last month, we reported how Windows XP had finally fallen below 40 percent market share. At the time, Windows 8 managed to grab 1 percent of the pie, and in December Microsoft’s newest OS progressed but did not double up. Nevertheless, Windows ended 2012 with a notable change: after six months of losing market share, Windows 7 and Windows 8 managed to give it a big enough boost to see a gain.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
... I need a new laptop, yet every store I walk into here in Hong Kong seems to only sell with W8 pre-installed and no way to downgrade to Windows 7.
And I absolutely refuse to buy a W8 machine.
I don't see why people hate windows 8 so much. If you are smart enough to figure out how to use the android OS then Windows 8 should be easy to pick up.
I'll admit I didn't like windows 8 at first but I really like it now. I missed the start menu at first but enjoy the new interface now. All your programs are there on startup and if you right click the bottom left corner it brings up everything else (control panel etc).