I normally use Mac OS X, however I have VM running Win 7 for the time I need it. I have tried Win 8 and can’t stand it
As a tablet OS Win 8 would have worked, as a desktop/laptop OS it was bound to fail.
The Windows 8 interface is OK for portable devices - tablets, phones - but not for any desktop/laptop used for more than e-mail/surfing the web. For more serious applications (in my case CADD and programming PLC’s and other process control systems), the OS is unusable. The programming tools control platforms I work with (Rockwell Automation and Emerson Process Management) run better on 7 Pro.