Actually, Microsoft has never been a "innovator"... but more a long term strategist. They copy, iterate and improve things.
One thing i always remember is that you should wait untill SP2 (service pack 2) to upgrade your windows version.
Windows Vista SP2 was Windows 7 (with again, slighter improvements), while Vista in the beginning, wasn't awefull. It was superior on SP2 and it got it's respect with a "new" release, named Windows 7.
Windows 8 is a lot of change, thanks to statistics, they'll improve again and as usual, i'll wait untill SP2 to switch. Perhaps even 8.1 if i really like it :-)
One thing i always remember is that you should wait untill SP2 (service pack 2) to upgrade your windows version.
Windows Vista SP2 was Windows 7 (with again, slighter improvements), while Vista in the beginning, wasn't awefull. It was superior on SP2 and it got it's respect with a "new" release, named Windows 7.
Windows 8 is a lot of change, thanks to statistics, they'll improve again and as usual, i'll wait untill SP2 to switch. Perhaps even 8.1 if i really like it :-)