Exactly right
You nailed it. I see no reason to upgrade existing hardware in general (just refresh OS and hardware at the same time... been saying that for a LONG time now anyways), but with Windows 8, I am hard-pressed to see it as a good idea for current desktops/laptops, unless those laptops have some sort of touch screen already (like the "convertables" from the XP/Vista days).
I've been using W8 now in a virtual machine, and while it is a lot less painful now that I know some shortcuts and mouse gestures that are new, I still do not see it as a good UI for the mouse/KB model. I think that the benefits it offers on the desktop/laptop are so slender that I'd be hard pressed to recommend it over W7, even if it were free.
But for touch/tablet? I really can see how the UI will be nice on touch, I like my WP7 phone a lot too, and I do like how Metro apps function in general.
J.Ja
