File History, data encryption, Hyper-V etc. #137 JaneEmmaArts - 1 month 5 days LOL The author of this article is a complete idiot and has no idea. God only knows why he works for a PC magazine! I have been using Windows 8 for months know and would never go back to Windows 7. Windows 8 is so much faster than Windows 7. You just need to setup your desktop correctly, pin your apps to the task bar and setup your defaults to use the desktop apps instead, if only using a mouse and keyboard. You never need see the touch screen tiles on a desktop PC if you don't want to but they are fun to play with every now and then. There are also many new desktop feature that are great in Windows 8, such as File History, data encryption, Hyper-V etc. #138 superduba - 1 month 4 days I can understand when people come out with the message oh you not even tried it. I agree one has to try something new and we should be open to it. But if you are unable to shutdown a pc and it takes you millions of steps it frankly useless. The basic functions of a interface need to be simple not take you millions of steps we are not here to piss away time and play games all day long. I can confirm I been testing win8 for a long time now and it is a shame the GUI