Maybe your right and if I had installed a start menu useing start8 or
http://ninite.com/ I'd be happy... I think your right though win8 was not ready for my hardware or my hardware was not ready for win8... I have the key purchased... I can go back to 8 any time I want... I might in the future... but for now win7 is working great and just not painful for me so I have no reason to move.