Analist Gunnar Berger of Gartner has been looking at Windows 8 and while trying to form his opinion he came to the conclusion that it depended from which perspective he looked at it. In his blog he describes how he experiences Windows 8 through different perspectives, as a business decision, through the eyes of a tablet user and through the eyes of a desktop user. He concludes that Windows 8 as a business decision is a smart move for Microsoft, from the perspective of a tablet user he likes Windows 8 but from the perspective of a desktop he uses one word to describe Windows 8: "Bad".
According to the researcher, it seems that Microsoft has developed Windows 8 for touch devices. Menu's that can easily be reached using touch devices are hardly accessible anymore when a mouse is used and the fact that many important features can be reached through the corners in the GUI makes it even worse when you access Windows 8 machines with remote desktop software. They often have menu items on top of the screen, potentially covering up the corners.
While end-users still might make the switch, Gartner is clear on what to expect from enterprise users. As Gunnar Berger reports about when managers of IT departments were asked about Windows 8: " "We recently did a large field research study and specifically asked all of our interviewees if they were looking at Windows 8, most laughed. The fact is most enterprises are still trying to get to Windows 7 and few enterprises are ready for Windows 8".
