[Principled]

I have read [no experience myself] that Win 8 sucks big time.

[Sudetenland]

That’s odd, because everything I have read says that Windows 8 absolutely kills the I-Pad. Superior OS in virtually every way—not so great for PC’s (needs touch screen to be fully appreciated), but the perfect tablet OS.

[adorno]

I have read [no experience myself] that Win 8 sucks big time.

Been using it since the "beta" was released, and been using the "consumer preview" and now the release candidate, and from my experience, I can testify that, it's better and faster than Windows 7. You may have to work a little bit to get used to the new interface, but, once you do, you won't be going back to Windows 7 or any other Windows. It it can work as nicely across all form-factors, including tablets, then Windows 8 will in fact become the most used Windows release within a year, and it should also eclipse iOS within 2 years for tablets (my prediction).

[SmokingJoe]

I have read [no experience myself] that Win 8 sucks big time.

Yeah?
Read..and weep.
PC World:
"Windows 8 Preview Beats Windows 7 in Most Performance Tests
A desktop running Windows 8 Consumer Preview started up faster and generally ran faster than the same desktop running Windows 7.
By Nate Ralph, PCWorld Mar 23, 2012 9:00 am

Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating system’s performance. The PCWorld Labs put the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 through a battery of tests and found it generally faster—sometimes a lot faster—than Windows 7.

Our test system running Windows 8 Consumer Preview started up faster, ran through our WorldBench 7 benchmark faster, and showed superior performance when browsing the Web, compared with the same system running Windows 7. In only one major test, our office productivity measure, did Windows 8 lag behind Windows 7 performance.

Obviously, these results are far from definitive, since they’re based on a preview rather than on the final version of the new operating system. But once Windows 8 is finally released, it is entirely possible that the performance will improve, since we had to use drivers that weren’t yet tweaked for Windows 8."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252383/windows_8_preview_beats_windows_7_in_most_performance_tests.html