At the same time, Windows 7 initially had an uphill battle in the market because consumers associated it with Vista. I even know a couple people who are still

At the same time, Windows 7 initially had an uphill battle in the market because consumers associated it with Vista. I even know a couple people who are still on XP because, in part, of their feelings about Vista. I fear Windows 9 might experience the same thing because of Windows 8. It would have been much better if they had just delayed Windows 8 just a bit longer. Perhaps release it for tablets in the time frame they did, and then take a little bit longer to work on the desktop version. I know there was a real need to hurry and get some tablets out on the market, Windows 7 is still new enough that it could have remained the main OS for desktop PCs for another 6-12 months.