I'm starting to understand why some people don't like Windows 8

[AgingAmerican]

14. Something new isn't always necessary or desirable

Windows 8 is horribly engineered from an interface design perspective. Microsoft laid an egg with this one. Trying to force a Tab OS on desktop users was a stupid idea. They had it on a box at work when it was in pre release beta. I played with it for five minutes and could tell it would be a dismal failure if they actually released it. Seriously, took five minutes. Don't they do any usability trials and studies? Im sure they did and people did not like it, but they are Microsoft and they know better so they released it anyway.

My daughter recently bought a new laptop with Windows 8. 40 minutes later she asked me to put Linux on it. She said she opened Internet explorer up, which took up the whole screen, and it took her 20 minutes to get it to close. There was no red X to click. No close button. No menu from which to exit. Nothing. She eventually figured it out by googling it. Her first click, 20 minutes to close it.

Computer companies are hating Microsoft because they are not selling many computers now, because MS is forcing Windows 8 on everyone.

Good riddance Balmer.