>I recall that some people similarly were bemused about the reaction to Vista. Lesson I learned is that it doesn't really matter what the likes of us may think once everybody else decides the Emperor has no clothes. We may see their preferences as resistance to change or whatever, but that's a bit like insisting the operation was a success though the patient died. ;-)

Exactly, John
To the very end, the people at Ford thought that the Edsel was the best car they'd every built.
Windows 8 is another Edsel.