Daughter no 2 regards me as her help desk.
We acquired an i5 lappie with win 8 and 4 whatevers. (OK, Gb). Took advice from others on here and got the one that comes in more bits. 64. When I opened the pack, I was pleased that there weren't 64 bits to assemble. I had visions of Ikea, where the 64th bit is always missing.
I hated setting the blooming thing up. I like my win 7 and much prefer it to Win 8..
From me, lots of "Where's this capability ferking well gone??"
However, daughter got used to win 8 pretty quickly, especially as friends around her at her then home and Uni had it.
So I guess anyone can get used to Win 8. It's just different.
As the so and sos will no doubt stop support on 7 before 8, maybe best get the 8??