Yep, Microsoft screwed the pooch on Windows 8...and they not only know it but are trying their best to rectify it by their free offering of Windows 10!
When they develop an up to date OS that actually uses the advancements that hardware has made then folks might update. Won’t hold my breath!
Have you actually used Windows 8? I mean actually used it for more than 2 minutes in a demo. If you had, you would grow to like the environment much more than Windows 7. Windows 8 is functionally more robust than Windows 7. There are more tools and functions baked into Windows 8 than there were in 7. Having been using Windows 8.1 for over a year now, I feel awkward in Windows 7. The environment is different and feels clunkier. Windows 8.1 is a polished OS with a much more feature-rich environment than Windows 7, and, quite frankly, if you're expecting Windows 7 out of 10, you're in for a surprise.