OS

[grizzle]

Go with Windows 8. There are numerous performance increases which are nice, and other feature updates. Take the time to get through the learning curve now. Metro isn't going away anytime soon, if ever, so might as well acclimate to it sooner rather than later. And, if after giving it the ole college try, you still don't like it, then you can install Start8, and it'll be just like Win7.