Windows 8 is absurd on a non touch machine. It is just crummy on a touch screen system.
With IE 10 you have an F12 function that allows you to regress back to previous IE version emulations. Which is good because millions of web sites have active-X still running on them and IE 10 does not support it.
It is like Microsoft decided that they had been using a steering wheel to drive their OS for years and thought it was sensible to take the wheel out and install foot pedal steering without taking in to consideration the people steering things.
I would much rather be using an Apple machine or a Linux box instead of Windows 8.
>> I would much rather be using an Apple machine or a Linux box instead of Windows 8. <<
Recommending a Linux box to a Windows user without a CS degree is ridiculous.