I really wonder about this:

> Only 15 percent of Acer’s current Windows 8 products in North America have touch screens

Microsoft made an OS that tries to shove a touch based interface down user's throats. They've gone all in and really committed 100% to it, which is admirable in it's own way: they know a large section of their users will hate this, but they also know their long term survival depends on getting a touch paradigm into their products, so this release is "taking one for the team", and it's not too surprising that sales are poor. But given all of this, why oh why, are ANY products shipping without touch interfaces? This part I don't understand and, I think, points to a major failure on Microsoft's part.