Or because you have no choice. Many consumer class laptops now are shipping Windows 8 already, and in a year, it might be impossible to get one with Windows 7.

Or because you have no choice. Many consumer class laptops now are shipping Windows 8 already, and in a year, it might be impossible to get one with Windows 7. You can downgrade, but only if you have the Pro version, and that won't appear on consumer class laptop.