For Windows 8, install classic shell or Start8 to get the windows 7 look and feel back. I like windows 8 as much as 7 with this one little change. The upcoming windows 8 update may be even better but I haven’t seen the features in it yet.
You’re the second person this week to tell me to look at Start8, going to do it this evening.
A lot of the new laptops are coming out with Windows 7, surprisingly.