When first loading up on Virtualbox, I had tried the x64 version. This version did not work for me at all. I had to download the x86 version. Once it installed (roughly 10 minutes or so), I restarted the system just so I could get eye's view of what happens as soon as it boots.
Bootup/Login
1) It is relatively quick to boot. (Roughly 10 seconds on Rotating disk, clean boot)
2) Windows ID to login, kinda neat in a way.
The Bad:
1) I immediately got lost on what was going on. It gives you a splash screen of the time and date with an image. You have to "swipe" it upwards to get the login page.
2) You immediately go to the start menu after login.
UI/Settings
The Good:
1) The new task manager is amazing looking and gives a lot of information. Also you no longer have to open msconfig to disable/enable startup items as for it is right in the task manager tab "startup".
2) Ribbons. I personally like the ribbons for the window browser. Makes it easier to do something in some cases. Not only are they helpful, but they are not in your face as soon as you click open a folder. You have to click a tab to show extras.
3) Searching. If you press start, you can start typing and it will automatically start searching for what you want. I typed in mspaint and pressed enter before it was done giving the logo. Response was immediate to open paint.
Between you and me... this is really all I like about it.
The Bad:
1) Still a clunky mouse scroll "Metro" UI for the start menu. I find this annoying for extra clicking to do something simple and a step backwards from simplicity of an operating system. The best I found is to just use your scroll wheel to move to the next page.
2) No start button... You have to put your mouse perfectly in the bottom left and click to make it appear. Keyboard windows button works also (much easier than putting mouse in bottom left)
3) No more button for "computer" or "control panel". To get to computer, you can click open a folder and click computer or you can press windows logo + e. For control panel, it is located by opening a folder windows, clicking computer, then click computer on the ribbon and click open control panel. Quite tedious and too much clicking to do something simple.
OR
You can press windows logo + c, click settings, click control panel. Once again, too much clicking.
4) Impossible to figure out how to shutdown the computer for a normal user who has used Windows for so long. From what I found, click the start menu, move your mouse to the right bottom, and there is a button that says power. Click that and you have an option to shutdown or restart.
What I haven't had a chance to test:
Compatibility.
High Performance (games, load times, etc)
Software "Raid" (You can setup multiple disks in a "Raid" fashion to get optimal performance/storage/etc)
Is there something I should add to the list? Lol
Overall:
Rating: 3 of 5 -> Skip Windows 8 if you have Windows 7
The new user interface will take some major getting use to and learning how it all works, especially for users of previous Windows machines. The annoyances of trying to find settings or options needs to be considered greatly for the start menu.
I personally think that the performance of the OS is better (thus far) than any other. Quicker to login, quicker to launch tasks, etc.
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