Why I'm uninstalling Windows 8 As a cruel trick on myself, about a month ago I installed Windows 8 on my main PC to see what it was like. The answer is: abysmal. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Windows 8 is the worst computing experience I've ever had. As a desktop operating system, it's annoying, frustrating, irritating, and baffling to use. I've tried on many occasions to explain exactly why it's so awful to use day-to-day, and most of the time, smoke starts pouring out of my ears. I thought it would be better to get down exactly what the issues are and why you should avoid it. What it comes down to is this: Windows 8 is a tax on your brain. That dealing with it, day in, day out adds to your world being slightly worse in a dozen different but slightly irritating ways. This isn't an exhaustive list, but it is an exhausting list of reasons why I'll never touch Windows 8 again. I'm not alone: game developers worldwide have declared Windows 8 a catastrophe. Windows 8 is really meant for tablets Windows 8 brings a new kind of computing design to the desktop. Once called Metro (until Microsoft realised that Metro is also the name of a German supermarket), it's a design motif that's meant to be appropriate across tablets, mobile phones, the desktop, and eventually, televisions. To be fair to Microsoft, Metro is a decent way of poking at your computer