Windows 8 and the Cost of Complexity - stratēchery by Ben Thompson

We missed posting this post from Ben Thompson when it came out last month, but it’s worth a read. He describes how windows 8, in hoping to slow the decline of PCs due to tablets, actually managed to hasten it. This is the problem with the no-compromise approach: the compromises made on a tablet are part of the win for users. It’s like trying to make a large bonsai tree.