[RayChuang88]

What is hurting Windows 8.1--even with Update 1--is the fact you have to deal with that tiled user interface, which is totally alien to anyone used to the user interface standard pioneered by Windows 95 (Windows 7 is essentially a modern refinement of what was pioneered by Windows 95).

I'm sticking with Windows 7 until Microsoft does something to resolve the dichotomy between the Windows 7 UI and the Windows 8 Modern touchscreen UI.

[TexasGator]

“What is hurting Windows 8.1—even with Update 1—is the fact you have to deal with that tiled user interface,”

Boot to desktop and you can work with never seeing the tiled interface if you desire.