The core trouble I've seen with non-technical people on Windows 8 isn't Metro, its confusion/paralysis with a mobile-like interface suddenly on a desktop. Peop

The core trouble I've seen with non-technical people on Windows 8 isn't Metro, its confusion/paralysis with a mobile-like interface suddenly on a desktop. People had 5-6 years experience with touch computing on mobile devices. Pull here, touch here, gesture here to make X, Y, Z happen. 1 app at a time and its full screen. An app store is the only way to get software. Instant power-on, single user, very simple shell/OS/application launcher. People know what to expect and do with this interface. Windows 8 force dumps new users into a mobile interface going against 20+ years of how they have used a desktop PC. It's jarring, its weird, it "feels wrong." I've seen this time and time again. My mom is a wiz on her iPhone, and she is just fine with Windows XP/Vista/7. I put her in front of Windows 8 and she had no clue what to do. All her reference points are gone. It feels more and more that Microsoft should have focused on making phones/tablets running Metro, and a Desktop OS that iterated on Windows 7. They crossed the streams [1] and that's bad [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_pack#Crossing_the_Streams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_pack#Crossing_the_Stream...