I see what you mean. I think you might be right. I get the impression that Microsoft is trying as hard as it can to be... hip and sexy? They're not very good a

I see what you mean. I think you might be right. I get the impression that Microsoft is trying as hard as it can to be... hip and sexy? They're not very good at it, though, which is unfortunate for them. Maybe one of their core problems is the fact that the market in question is, well, not a market. They are only competing with themselves and they don't even need to compete. Why would I care about Windows 8? It doesn't do things that Windows 7 can't do, save for the modern UI, which I'd probably try to stay away from in the first place (because it is aimed at a different type of machine than the one I'd be running it on). So what's left for them? How are they going to convince ME that their newest operating system is worth buying because of how much better it is? I don't know. The one thing that seems to have made Windows 8 innovative over Windows 7 was also a reason it's not being adopted and the only reason for its current adoption rate is because it's simply sold on new hardware, whether we like it or not. The other features MS added to Windows 8 were mostly catching up with the rest. I'd seen things like one dialog for all copying actions years prior. The same goes for allowing an actual task bar on your second monitor. They're throwing away so much money on marketing something that I don't know if they need to market it in the first place, and if they care to, they might want to consider replacing the whole marketing department because when Microsoft's marketing makes the news, it's not in a good manner...