Lot’s of us say we like 8.1.
I went straight from XP to 8.1 and have no complaints, I like it better.
I prefer 7 to 8.1. I see no improvement with 8.1, just annoying features I have to download software to hide. I’d gladly go back to XP over 7, too. I use my computer to surf FR and read news and check weather, not games. XP did all of that fine.