Ideapad u410 now shipping with windows 8

Lenovo -- what is going on????
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.det...
All the u410 models are shipping with windows 8... yet your support site win 8 upgrade guide has not been updated.
Personally, I already returned my u410 because of this mess, but there are a lot of people here who deserve an answer.

I figured out Lenovo's scheme:
1) offer no assistance whatsoever and remain completely silent when asked repeatedly to outline the steps to upgrade the U410 to windows 8
2) meanwhile, ship the NEW U410 with Windows 8 pre-installed and only 6gb ram for $799:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/pd/Lenovo-IdeaPad-U410-Notebook/productID.256043800/sear...
3) reduce the price on the Windows 7 U410 to $599:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/pd/Lenovo-IdeaPad-U410-4376/productID.250640400/search.t...
So, the only way to get a PROPER win 8 install on the U410 is to pay an extra $200.

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