Do yourself a favour and move to Linux (Olivia 15 Mint).
Spent the last week installing Win 8/8.1. I TRULY understand why Ballmer took the hint. STAY AWAY from windows for now. As a coder, I can only say it is an abomination.
25 years and ms screws you.
I am an MS scholar, but they truly dropped the ball with Vista and never recovered. Emotion plays no part here. Win 8 is a bloated, dishonest piece of software, PERIOD.
HP has re-introduced Windows 7 as an option on a lot of their PCs "due to customer demand".
I rest my case.