I think you are ignoring a large subset of users, business users who will upgrade and not just a single machine but hundreds of machines. Most governments still

I think you are ignoring a large subset of users, business users who will upgrade and not just a single machine but hundreds of machines. Most governments still run Windows software on their staff desktop/laptops, thats a lot of licenses. Why upgrade from 7 to 8? Touchscreens are much more widespread and 8 handles touch well. I know it is easy to hate on MS but they are the dominant desktop/laptop OS for a reason and whilst their new offering may not be the most amazing thing since sliced bread they do not really have any competitors.