I bought a full version of Win 8 from the Egg for $70. I didn't want to but figured I'll have to work on it sooner or later. I plan on dual booting my bench rig so I'll have to buy a larger SSD to replace my 64 GB model which is a bit too small for two OS. This will probably cost me $170 and I'm not happy!
For years people have been struggling with their PC's. Some finally get it, Some never do. Apple picked up on this and created simple to use, over-priced products since most people just need to surf and email. They control the hardware and software and cater to a market of folks who don't want to deal with techno babble just like AOL did.
So instead of MS creating two business models with appropriate hardware/software they are foolishly atempting to lump us all into the same category. The business users, tech savvy end users and the casual IBM PC user have just been sold out. For 18 years people were taught about the start button and the control panel. Now MS goes and phucks that all up! That's akin to Dodge or Chevy relocating the gas and brake pedals in our cars or using levers instead of a steering wheel.
As others had said, they royally screwed up. I'll bet we'll see the resurgence of the start button after MS admits the tepid response to 8.
