People Willing to Pay $125 to Downgrade to Windows 7

So someone saw that an independent PC repair shop is offering to downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7 for a fee, and took a photo of it. A site called Cult of Mac writes some breathless commentary, slaps a rather sensationalistic title on it, and posts it on a page with a 3:1 advertisement-to-content ratio.

Not to disparage the good people at Cult of Mac, but color me unexcited. One technician disliking an operating system and seeing an opportunity to make a few hundred bucks in it is absolutely great fodder for an amusing photograph. And it's no secret that Windows 8 isn't winning any popularity contests. But it wasn't too long ago that manufacturers were actually shipping new PCs with a Windows XP downgrade disc included in the box. Call me jaded, but compared to that, this seems pretty tame.

If I recall correctly, it used to be that a Windows license entitled the user to instead downgrade to any previous Windows version, if they so desired. I wonder if this is still the case with Windows 8.

Yeah Windows 8, it is that bad. Apple has nothing to worry about from Windows 8, might even cause some defections to Apple from Microsoft users.