I think Windows 7 is great. I just think people like it so much they aren’t ready or motivated to upgrade yet. I will at some point, just not yet. People are waiting also because they have ipads and android tablets, but at some point they’ll upgrade. 8.1 sounds pretty decent. I like the idea of a lightweight touch laptop or hybrid with a full robust OS behind it.
And computers really have become appliances, they just don’t need to be upgraded as much as they used to. I’ve got a 6 or 7 year old computer at home that’s been through one round of upgrades that I’m finally probably going to replace outright next spring. It’s only really started showing its age the last 6 to 9 months, some stuff is running slower than I’d like, even then if some people would just make their Flash games less piggy I wouldn’t even be contemplating replacing it now.
The PC bleeding just isn’t as sharp as it used to be.