Spin. The tile interface is not “scaring” consumers.
The tile interface is NOT WANTED by consumers.
Why can’t anyone in media report truthfully about ANYTHING anymore.
MS is about enterprises. And they still are the big name there.
And I suspect when businesses start doing away with their desktops and laptops in favor of tablets, they will be Surface tablets that are compatible with their legacy business applications.
Windows 8 will do fine after a couple minor tweaks.
In windows 8.1:
They will bring back the start button in desktop mode.
They will also let the computer boot into desktop mode.
Those 2 minor fixes will get rid of 95% of the complaints.
The actual OS is great.