Why change something that most people could use by instinct? Try doing long hours of work on windows 8 or anything that requires precise controls. Why was the change needed,most people don't have touchscreens on their PCs and even if they do the type of work they do on a PC is still better suited to a keyboard and mouse. Why should I bother with windows 8 and having to download an attachment just to get a version that work something like what 99% of people are used to but not as well?

Most people can do their day to day computing in their sleep since we have been using some version of this interface since the late 1980s,and it works fine. Sure if you put the time in you may be able to learn how to use the news system but why should you have to put the work into it when the old one was not broken and if it is just for touchscreens then why is Microsoft forcing it on us by putting it on every new PC and not just the ones with touchscreens.

It's like if Ford started putting out cars with joysticks instead of steering wheels and gas pedals. Sure the new joysticks may work if you take the time to learn to use them but why would the average person want to relearn how to drive a car when they were doing just fine with the steering wheel everyone knows how to use?