How Real People Will Use Windows 8

Technies are abuzz about Microsoft's Windows 8, its newest operating system that features a completely new "tile" design. Mat Honan of Gizmodo called it a "radical departure from anything Microsoft has done before." He loved it. Michael Miller of PC Magazine's Forward Thinking blog, was less enamored, but thought that the new user interface looked quite good on a tablet. J. Peter Bruzzese of InfoWorld downright hated it, calling the software "Windows Frankenstein."

Millions of people have downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview from Microsoft's website.

But how would real people use Windows 8? Chris Pirillo of Locker Gnome put it to the test by asking his dad to figure it out without any help.

Priceless quote from the clip:

Dad: "Now who puts this out?"
Chris: "Microsoft."
Dad: "They're trying to drive me to Mac?

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I've been using Windows 8 for a couple of weeks and honestly, It hasn't really changed how I use my PC at all. I have no reason to upgrade, at least at my expense. I never use the start menu in any version of windows, I just use Launchy. With Windows 8 I don't have to bother, I hit the start key type what I want, and it loads. I run in the desktop environment 99 percent of the time, and occasionally leave the metro weather app opened on a small portion of a screen. The biggest problem with metro is, I just don't need it, and never will.