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by captainchaos 4970 days ago
I agree. I think the bad assumption is

"If I’m Going To Have To Buy New Computer Hardware Anyway…"

You don't. I don't think most people running Windows 8 think they need to buy a touchscreen.

PS: People seem to disregard that 4M people upgraded to Windows 8 within a few days of release. That's about the same number of new Macs purchased in an entire quarter. Microsoft made the upgrade path to Windows 8 far simpler than any prior release.