- No, MS does not have Google and Apple beaten, but this article was probably written by the MS Marketing dept anyway:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/five-reasons-why-windows-8-has-apple-and-google-beaten-1107414 - Painfully frank (and therefore, funny) experience on the Surface RT launch at a MS Store:
http://www.marco.org/2012/10/26/an-alternate-universe - Is it a bug? Is it a feature? It's both! With Windows 8:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/25/reg_kb_surviving_windows/ - RT Still a headache:
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/windows-8-launch-disappoints-windows-rt-still-a-headache-1107573
And the follow up being the absolute pounding of Windows/Metro...
- No, Metro doesn't work for desktop users, but it is the default:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138847-the-metro-desktop-interaction-in-windows-8-is-an-absolute-train-wreck - 90% of the desktop market should warrant more than this:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/139175-microsoft-sells-four-million-windows-8-copies-in-four-days-but-it-shouldve-sold-a-lot-more - Breaking down desktop:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138816-windows-8-the-desktop-review - Breaking down tablet:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138688-windows-8-the-tablet-review