10 reasons to upgrade to Windows 8 nothing to do with Metro
1.Refresh/Reset - the ability to reset your Windows settings to "factory settings" if an application or malware corrupts your system. Refresh will even attempt to keep your data intact. PC vendors have offered their own solutions to this for a while, but having it baked into the OS is a nice positive step forward and it is surprisingly fast to do.
2.The new "File Explorer" ribbon - After using the new ribbon-toolbar in Explorer for a while to delete and move files amongst other things, you start to realize how useless and lacking the one in Windows 7 was.
3.Boot up speed - If you are one to shut down and restart your computer a lot, you'll notice massive speed improvements booting up your computer compared to Windows 7, especially on an older computer. My three year old HP laptop feels like new again. Another cool thing I noticed is that my dual boot menu comes up while the system is booting so it isn't wasting time while I'm making my decision to use Windows 7 or Windows 8.
4.Log in with your Microsoft Account - Allows you to save your OS preferences such as what apps you own and display preferences to the cloud and have it sync between any device. Makes setting up an account more effortless on a computer you haven't logged into before.
5.Windows Defender - Windows Defender was promoted to a full anti-virus at no charge in Windows 8. If you prefer a freshly installed OS, this is one less thing you have to worry about.
6.Hyper-V - Built-in powerful virtualization is really useful for IT types and tinkerers, and the included version blows away the version of Microsoft Virtual PC that you had to download in the past.
7.No more CTRL+ALT+DEL - If your computer is joined to a domain, you never have to use the "three finger salute" ever again. Makes you wonder why you ever needed to do this in the first place? If you have ever experienced the pain of explaining to an elderly person how to do this, you will appreciate that this will soon be a thing of the past.
8.Storage Pools - Allows you to easily combine a series of external drives together as one volume for either added storage or redundancy. Simple to use for people who aren't RAID experts and more flexible.
9.Task Manager - Task Manager hasn't changed much at all over the years prior to Windows 8, but the new version has been overhauled to include more useful information than before, such as color coded displays of which applications are using more system resources than others, and more visual displays of system performance charts. It even gives you a convenient place to disable startup items that could be slowing your system down.
10.Saved the best for last- File History - Microsoft's answer to Apple's Time Machine allows you to plug in an external hard drive and have it transparently and silently keep a historical backup of your files with near zero configuration. Will be a great feature to encourage lazy people to back up their stuff and allows you to easily recover a file that may have been inadvertently deleted.
Taken from the Verge
Not downgrading to this at all. shyt ain't built nor optimized for desktop use. Most of my gripes can be seen in this video,
