For me: I don't see difference to Windows 8. If I need tablet, iPAD or Android have a way more better apps and quality of them. As Desktop OS? For me it failed to be good desktop OS. I mainly use Windows for Games, and really looking forward for Valve Linux migration project. Once they have good catalog for Linux OS, I switch to Linux until then Windows 7 works fine, so I don't care about Windows anymore.

Hope this never happens.

Yes it may be work faster, but after 2 weeks in Win8 I found that I spend more time just to start programs and do daily work. So my productivity becomes worse. I don’t use 100% of computer power I own. So if it does something 5% faster, I probably don’t notice this. Even I skip this year upgrade circle, as I STILL have enough power to do anything I want. On Windows 8 I start using Launchy, to start apps faster without distracting metro start screen. Also switch back to WIN+R for run programs (before just press win and start typing in search what I want to run). Have BIG plan to bring back Windows 7 from disk image in end of September. But from other side I see, that Windows 8, if it success can bring a lot of profit for developers. New OS interface, with no apps. Most of users should spend a lot of money on apps. Almost all areas are open: new file manager, new weather app, photo editing tool… anything… It possible to clone all desktop apps to “metro”, and after upgrade user can’t bring own old apps to this metro screen. I have only one wish: If Microsoft make possible have development of Metro apps on Windows 7 with testing/running in Win8 VM. Right now I don’t see way to create “metro” project on Windows 7.