Windows 8 sucks for different reasons than the alternating suck release strategy. Windows 8 is primarily a tablet OS. On the desktop side, that OS UI is bolte

Windows 8 sucks for different reasons than the alternating suck release strategy. Windows 8 is primarily a tablet OS. On the desktop side, that OS UI is bolted onto the underpinnings of Windows 7. It would be as if Apple forced Mac OS users to interact with the all their Max OS apps through the iOS UI primarily. Additionally, 'metro apps' as they are known are basically tablet apps. Windows 8 on tablets is Windows 8 in name only and this seems purposely designed to confuse people into thinking it is more functional than it actually is. No existing Windows desktop apps will work on it at all. If you buy a Windows 8 tablet, none of your Windows software will work on it. Your existing copy of Microsoft Office, Photoshop, etc, none of it will work on Windows 8 tablets. On the desktop, using the metro interface and metro apps is incredibly clunky, because you are using things designed for touch with a keyboard and mouse. It takes longer to get at things and switching between running apps isn't anywhere nears as convenient. In the end, Windows 8 doesn't know what the hell it is yet. Either way, it's definitely not ready for prime time.