But will MS listen?

Good points there. I do hope Microsoft listen, as lots of people around the web are complaining about the user experience on Windows 8 on desktops, everyday I read like 2 or 3 articles complaining, sad but true.

With that kind of power they pretty much do what they want.

Imagine ALL New sold pc´s being Pre-installed with 8 Metro-crap (puke)

And now imagine that no one gets in line for this Windows 8 crap! Wouldn't that be awesome! The masses finally make they're voices heard! Long live XP!

No no no......long live 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777!!!

my two cents.

I'm with Uvah!  Windows 7 is absolutely beautiful and rock solid.  Those of you who are still in love with XP should try Windows 7.  I used to love XP too and we still have it at work but it's old and outdated now.  As for Windows 8 I was going to install it on my other computer this weekend but have decided to hold off for a bit and see what happens. 

Stardock sure is getting some great press for bringing back the Start button.  Kudos for that!  Some of us like to be organized and not have a lot of icons all over the place. 

For the record.... I am TOTALLY Pro 7 !!!! if anyone thought otherwise

I don't think i could go back to using XP now. I know alot of people have resisted moving on from it, at the time it was the best windows OS (ok i'm sure there are others who think differently, but generally speaking), but i think given time, 7 will be seen as the better OS.

Took about 10 seconds from its release..... didn't take any time at all before it was considered 'better' than XP.....

As a recovering Luddite, who only went with 7 when finally forced to do so, I must agree that 7, while quirky in some ways, is definitely 'better' than XP.  The networking piece in 7, provided you don't accidentally get sucked in to using HomeGroup, is vastly superior to XP.

In my Luddite defense, the business apps I routinely use, which are the driver of my OS choice, continue to be rock solid on XP, the OS on most of the rigs in our office network.  Furthermore, there is nothing inherent in Win7 in the way of productivity gain that would justify electively upgrading the OS before a machine croaks, even after experiencing and becoming a fan of Win7.

I just read the article. Brad was pretty adamant about Win 8. I agree that Microstuff is in for a bad time.

  Wow...can't believe some of the rants here over 3 little words. Hey...I Like XP...get over it...trust me your life will not end because of it. And sorry to ID...wasn't intended to turn this into an XP rant...just kidding around. Carry on now with the original post...nothing more to see here.

I hate 8! It's just butt ugly. (Oh geez...maybe I shouldn't have said that!) Long live XP & 7!