The question of Start8 is mute when everything relative has crashed 3 times and even other non related crashed. recovery operations failed. Da everything failed. I pulled the drives stuck them on docks and can retrieve some data but nothing recoverable on the OS's operations. This W8 build lasted 2 weeks the previous build lasted 3 weeks and the first build a little over a month. So I'm sorry The software menu operations worked but I have no clue if this interface contributed to anything or not. I loaded it, used it and found it helpful in that nightmare os but can't say more as this OS is to volital for me to consider ever using again. And That is my story on this LOL WOW. W8 on my first install would not let me use Chrome, then another clean build Chrome worked but other things were starting to show up till it blue screened, oh the other old build drive was still in the machine and there was a footprint in the system as I got previous default pages loading in my browsers in the new build that I had setup on the previous build tabs and had never setup on this build. This last build, no other drives installed and Word stopped working after the security W8 updates with the office update on the Tuesday critical alert day. (no foot print issues found.)
I had W7 running since 7 came out on this box before any of the W8. One last thing in the last 2 builds of W8, I installed brand new drives to see if that wiping a drive may have been an issue. So I can't say if it was good or bad as a whole - the OS is junk or the no confidence is in full play here. Mac and Ubuntu is what I am looking at because of the ROI (return on investment) is costing more time in the long run then what the OS stability is showing what the value is worth... So good luck on your quest.. This OS to me is dead! And allot of other Microsoft software is really following suit...
To give you some context to this poll, please check out this discussion topic: Windows 8 just isn't my thing, can I install Windows 7 over 8?
If you are running Windows 8 on your PC, how do you like it so far and why?
-- I love it! (Did you have a hard time adjusting to it? What makes it so great to you?)
-- I hate it! (Please tell us why?)
-- It's just OK. (Care to explain?)
-- Still getting use to it, ask me later.

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