There was and is no need i know of to replace W/7 with W/8. Why did you want to do so, outside of price? The only advantage is that you can take it off one PC and put it on another that you own: http://www.zdnet.com/how-the-new-windows-8-license-terms-affect-you-7000003028
Are you saying they did include the classic start menu option?
No, but the capability is there. Just hit the link in the article to Classic Shell and install it. Get the R.Clk extender also. Unzip it and run.
Also are you saying if you downloaded Win 8 upgrade from a 32 bit computer that the version that will be 32 bit and not both?
Yes. Only the DVD has both unless they changed it recently. So do as I described.
I bought the Win 8 Upgrade, but I have a 64 bit laptop I’d rather install it on.
If you downloaded it on a 32bit then you should call Microsoft (1-800-642-7676) and try to get the 64 bit.
I figured when I launched the setup.exe once Win8 downloaded, that the option that says CREATE DVD MEDIA or something, would be like Win 7 Ultimate where you could select x32 or x64 once you are ready to install from the DVDs. I didn’t think they still had separate Windows versions like this since Windows XP or Vista.