Win 8 yes or no ?

Windows 8 isn't going to do too well. It's got some nice pros, but the cons are equally scaled in magnitude, and they're a bit more

I'm not sure why they were trying to "revolutionize" the OS design a tablet-friendly GUI. I could possibly see it being a good move in terms of future development and aiming at the <21 market.

The GUI might seem to be cool to some, but when you eventually tire of it, there's no way to change it. It's a permanent problem. The start menu issue is also bothersome, to a degree. I'm pretty sure Microsoft released windows apps and other software updates to fix this, but note; a majority of these functionality-based issues are things you'll have get, and in some cases buy, from the store. I've heard that for some, the clicking required to do basic tasks can get really lengthy.

Definitely looks good for tablets though; after all, it's built for them.

Sticking with Windows 7 here - I can do everything on Win8 in Win7, faster, cheaper, and in a more stable, desktop/laptop friendly environment.