I think is interesting that the group of people who were at the
forefront of the development of computer, and computer software, have
dug their heels in and refuse to accept the Window 8 changes.

While I don't have a touch screen, I have run Windows 8 since I got my
new Laptop. I was not happy with Windows 8, BUT with the upgrade to
Windows 8.1, it became a quite nice system.

I have set the computer to boot to the desktop, and have pinned the main
programs I use to the Desktop Taskbar.

I have unpinned every thing I don't use from the Start Menu, and added
some that were not there. I have groups for the different types of
programs I use. Internet, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and image
processing programs, utilities, etc.

I have deleted some Apps that I don't want or need on my computer.

I find it very convenient to right click the MS Icon to access all of
the computer functions. When I need an infrequently used program, I
left click the MS icon, use the mouse wheel to find the program I am
looking and open it.

I think that if people would give Window 8 a chance, they would embrace
the new interface.

Going from Window XP/7 to Windows 8, is not as traumatic as going from
DOS to Windows. And Windows 8 is a much more stable operating system
than the original Windows/DOS system.

I still do some operation from the Command prompt, as it is faster that
using File explorer. ie creating a text file of the files in a directory