>If you think Win8 is just a new face on top of win7, you're mistaken. There are many features that are of benefit.

I never said that

>Off the top of my head
>- The OS uses less memory
>- Faster boot
>- Faster wake from sleep/hibernate
>- More secure
>- Better memory management

All nice to haves but hardly relevant to me. My laptop with W7 already starts in a couple of seconds, and wakes up in 1.4 seconds. As for more secure, I've taken my own measures to make it secure.

>And, also important, it starts getting you used to how Windows will work in the future. If the leaks of Windows Blue are accurate, the Start button won't be coming back.

This is the whole problem with Windows, once you get used how to do certain things in windows, they will change it in the next version.

I've spend 5 minutes to find how to start a RDP session in windows8. I could not find it. The windows startbutton emulator that came with the machine finaly gave me the possibility to type "MSTSC" in a run dialog box. If I can't figure it out quickly, what do I tell my clients I have to support?

IMO, this is the very same mistake as they made with UAC in Vista (being to intrusive). People expect a start button, so give the at least the possibility to use it as an option.


>>Yes, I did. I got a desktop with win8 and simply don't see the benefit for desktop development. I can see it work for tablets, but I just believe that W7 is more convenient for me.