Personally, I would recommend 8. However; if you are not accustomed to changing, stay with 7.
I'm not trying to sway you or scare you. Just trying to share what I think is helpful information for smooth transition.
First thing to remember is not to get frustrated.
•The Windows key is our friend. He toggles us between the Start Panel and 'OUR Desktop'
•8 uses two different views for Internet Explorer. Desktop mode is normal. Start panel is new. Setting your preferance is easy.
Go to internet options▬ click Program tab▬ top section it asks about how you prefer to open links. Make your choice for Desktop or InternetExplorer(the new way). Place a check mark in the box.
•The biggest complaint I've noticed is the missing 'Start Button' Let's say you want to open Wordpad.
In Win XP, Vista or 7 you could 1
- click Start 2- click All Programs 3- click Accessories 4- click Wordpad
In 8 you 1- press w on keyboard. 2- click on Wordpad At same time be given option to open other programs beginning
with w like MS Word, MS Works Word Processor, Windows Live Mail
We can complain about the missing start button and get a 3rd party program to replace it which can also slow 8 down. OR
We can get use to it by looking at it like Windows 8 starts out in the ALL PROGRAMS folder without pressing a start button.
clicking any blank area on Start Panel allows you to scroll left/right with mouse wheel to see more programs.
while on the Start Panel- press any key & the Backspace key, then click blank area & scroll right to see all apps on your computer.
•Tiles can be unpinned from Start Panel as well as pinned to Start Panel & Taskbar. Even create shortcuts on desktop & desktop toolbar.