The best review of windows 8 that I have ever read. From jun 2012

http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-skip-win...-7-7000001734/

I own a copy of windows 8 and used it for some time before my laptop mobo died. Yes, Metro forces you to retrain your brain to do routine tasks and it was probably mostly a bad idea. But there's no denying that under the hood, windows 8 is better than 7 and xp. Better boot, less resources required, and more functionality.

Upgrading or sticking to your OS is up to you. If you don't want to upgrade, don't upgrade. it's contrite and condescending, but it's the truth.

One day your current system will die, forcing an upgrade and you will grumble along as you relearn the new UI, but you will get used to it. And you will probably use that same windows 8 machine to complain about how much windows 2020 sucks. Or your kids will.