Some have suggested they might try a Mac as an alternative to Windows 8. While Windows 8 does seem awfully clunky to me when I run it on my Mac, the Mac itself has been dumbed down to the point where some users (especially those of Final Cut Pro)are switching to Windows (7).

Both Microsoft and Apple have succeeded in taking the world’s highest-end personal computers and making them about as useful as smartphones when used with the default installations of their respective operating systems.

However if you used the metro ui in a tablet or hybrid laptop/tablet the interface is infact fantastic to use more better than iOS.

The only real reason its a major fail is because M$ are pushing a touchscreen interface to be usable like a mouse and that is in a usability sense a epic FAIL.

However you will notice more and more touchscreen based laptop on the market which will hopefully make the user experience better.