4.8. Memory overcommitment
In server environments with many VMs; the Guest Additions can be used to share physical host memory between several VMs, reducing the total amount of memory in use by the VMs. If memory usage is the limiting factor and CPU resources are still available, this can help with packing more VMs on each host.
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Not to argue, people have their opinions, but I can do pretty much anything I (or a customer) needs that isn't M$ specific on Linux that one can do on Windows 8. It may not be the same way, but I will get the job done, and most times it will use less of my available resources, and most especially if it is a server service. And there are people who are much better at this than I am. Probably most of them. 
That's not to say I don't like Hyperterminal. I do, especially their free server product. Group policy is a fantastic tool, and Powershell finally let me do some things I used to do in the wayback days. I take money for knowing M$ products, so I use them a bit. The last network I was doing planning for was 26,000 users and 800 servers, and, although we had a large central Unix install and some IBM mainframe stuff, I am thankful they had Windows for the desktops because that was designed to shepherd exactly that kind of plantation. It does a good job, if one has the money, which they did and do - our tax money to pay for as much of it as they can truck in the door, for whatever vendor buys the best pizza and golf tournaments.
For most users, however, I think there is very little value in moving to 8, especially with people trying to make 8 into 7. Part of that I think is because M$ lost touch with what the rest of the world is doing, and also because their greatness depends on a lot of less well-informed people. As the computing population gets smarter, their advantage becomes less to some, certainly outside of this country, and nearly anywhere above providing services to the desktop level there are other choices that have their place.
But Windows 8 is certainly good for some, and I have no argument with them. Don't care enough
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