Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I don't care about the boot times. It's not like I spend all day restarting my computer. I will be more impressed if Microsoft makes Windows more intuitive and easier to use instead of pushing the awckward Metro interface down our throats.
AMD is claiming that Windows 8 will help BD performance. If they are thinking Windows 8 will make BD more competitive then they are wrong. Windows 8 will also help performance on the Intel side too. The performance landscape will not change between them.
Tablets and smartphones will coexist with PCs for a very very long time. As long as processing power is relevant, PC will remain relevant. Only when speed on small devices are fast enough to make buying a faster computer irrelevant, then PCs will become irrelevant.