At first I didnt like windows 8 but now that i spent a few months with it,,,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,I like it better than win7. The reasons are solid. Task manager has much more info than ever, your network manager has more info than ever and both of which is displayed easy to read and understandable way without sacrificing or hiding info. Its easier on resources, faster on everything, and though I am not the biggest fan of tiles it actually makes it easier to get to my progz. I can have my shortcuts and my folders at the desktop for whatever I need and I can make tiles for whatever I want to use and is much more effecient than the way programs were arranger with the start button. It took getting a while to get used to not having a start button but once I got over it, I realised that it was just wasted step that slowed me down to getting to what I want.......but it does take too much work in my opinion to get to the option to turn your pc off. The hate I get is that most users dont like change and want everything to stay more or less the same but with better performance, almost like a patch for a game. I understand this but honestly the way windows was before is just a simply less effecient GUI. I still dont understand this hate for anything that makes them think of their cellphone, either they hate their phone (so why have it), or they are simply looking for a way to express their distaste for something unfamiliar which would involve them having to relearn how to interface with their pc........which is most likely why a fair amount of gamers tries to convince everyone how great XP was despite it being buggy, virus filled, less effecient and lacking support of new technologies.