I hate Windows 8! With a passion! Luckily my old computer still worked so I could look up how to operate Windows 8. I've basically found sites that let me download programs that lets my computer look and operate like Windows 7. Early on I spent hours trying to get to know the 8's features but it all seemed like a BIG step backwards so I went with the Windows 7 options. I may like 8 better if I had the touch screen feature but the store in my small town didn't sell that model. I don't think it sure have ever been marketed without the touch screen. Windows 8 is the most unfriendly program ever invented and perpetrated on the public.