Purely anecdotal, but one of my secretaries mentioned just yesterday that she bought a new home PC a short time ago and decided to go with the “new Windows 8” for the “new PC”.
She’s now thoroughly PO’ed. Annoying user interface, data loss, etc. I just had to laugh (in a caring, your-boss-sympathizes way, of course...)
As for myself, Win XP still does everything I need it to do at the firm and at home. Our firm is a small one at 20 people or so altogether, so we don’t have ‘corporate’ size IP issues that would absolutely require always having the latest OS. Even moving most of our workplaces to Win 7 was a waste of time and money IMO.
Just bought a new laptop with Win8 (no choice)
I was pulling my hair out one hour in. Told my wife I was taking it back.
Played with it some more and began to “get it” but it is still aggravating. Might still take it back.
Man, what a headache. Warning to others, if you plan to use the laptop touchpad instead of a mouse... be prepared to toss your new laptop out the window.