Dear HP: Running From the Future Doesn&#39;t Help AnyoneS  Shiny
new computer, shiny new software. The two go hand in hand.
Except when they don't. It's one thing to let tech-savvy
consumers have the option for a software downgrade if they see
fit, but HP's choice to push Windows 7 on consumers by default
is another entirely: it's bad, for everyone involved. No one
ever came out ahead by fighting against the future.  On its
face, HP's push to sell Windows 7 PCs to the exclusion of
Windows 8 boxes might seem cute, or maybe even consumer-
friendly. Windows 8 is different. Windows 8 is confusing.
Windows 8 will scare your grandparents. Give the people what
they want: a start menu and an old OS.  And if you want to sell
Windows 7 rigs in the back, on discount, a quiet clearance
section for the true disbelievers, fine. Great, even. But to put
them front and center and throw an old area rug over Windows 8?
That's just backwards.  Windows 8 hate is outdated  HP's big
Windows 7 push feeds on—and perpetuates—the worst