Change is inevitable. Change is good but then again, too much of a change all of a sudden can wipe out your race. The same holds true for technology too. Microsoft's latest Windows 8 has been renovated so much that you hardly realize you are living in the same house.

The major change is eschewing the highly loved "Start Button". The lack of the button on screen can confound users who have been seasoned to the button after several years of use. The drop down menus and the layout of the programs has been greatly changed to be more suited for the touchscren devices like tablets.

This can take its toll on the sales of the Windows 8 which is expected to be available to the people on October 26. Writing an email itself has not been an easy task in the first run, a tech savvy tester said after being confounded by the convoluted OS. Though after a bit of playing around with the OS one might get to like it better and it would be probably be simpler than usual, the sudden change might keep a few not-so-geeky users away from their upgrade.

The Metro UI styled layout is completely new for the users who are familiar with looking into the vast openness of their wallpapers on their desktops hitherto.

This also mean all applications have to be redesigned to be used with the latest Windows and now you know how much of a turn off that is for any user.

The tiles on the screen, small rectangles and squares, are akin to your android widgets displaying information of different types being constantly updated via the internet.

If you want to switch between different windows that you have opened and try to find it at the bottom of your screen like you previously did, you have a lot of homework to do before you start using the Windows.

Though the initial losses for the software giant are inevitable, only time will tell whether the users embrace the changes soon after getting accustomed to the interface.

(AW- Anil)