[KevinB]

Probably because you waited, and got Windows 8.1, which includes some changes that alleviate what started all the Windows 8 bashing in the first place. It would be like someone getting Win 98 after Service Pack 2 and saying “I don’t know why everyone was complaining about Win 98.

No, I had Win 8 running on three desktop machines for several months before 8.1 came out. All was fine. I did (and still do) use them with the Start8 addon, though, which made things totally seamless.

[Boogieman]

“I did (and still do) use them with the Start8 addon, though, which made things totally seamless.”

Ah, well, there you go.