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I'm using Win 8.1 on my new laptop. I read as much as I could about Win 8 before I got the computer, and updated it to 8.1 before I loaded anything on it. I also set up my primary account as a local account rather than a Microsoft account.
One of the first programs I put on it was Classic Shell to give me back my familiar Start menu and to allow me to boot automatically into the desktop, rather than Metro. So my learning curve wasn't very steep.
I came to 8.1 from Vista, and I really do like 8.1. It has less quirks than Vista, and I find it easy to access most functions that I use frequently. I use the mouse rather than key combinations (I never really have learned them). I don't visit the Metro side much, and don't really utilize it since one needs a Microsoft account to get things from the Metro store, but I can see where for some the Metro side might be all the casual user will need.
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