Price FAIL!
Microsoft pricing strategy is the main factor here. What happen to "stake em high sell em cheap ". Every one knows that they are not established in the Tablet Market so endless they half the price they are on a one way losing strict with Surface. Windows 8 will pale in popularity to windows 9 with Windows 7 remaining strong until windows 9's release. windows 7 will get a boost in 2014 with support for xp ending.