re: MS trying to force tablets on everyone
That's exactly what I thought when I started reading about Windows 8 and realised immediately that it was primarily targetted at touch screen devices! Yes, for tablets and phones, touching the screen IS easier than having to use a mouse or other pointing device to navigate through the menus. But if they even upright, desktop touch screens (?) I imagine it would be quite tiring having to keep raising an arm to touch the screen to launch the start menu/programs!