Actually it's a LOT better. windows 8.1 - on the other hand is almost as bad as 10. But you retain the ability to easily stop updates. Something microsoft have tried to stop you doing in 10.Quote:
Windows 8 is infinitely worse than 10.
But the original wondows 8 - with classic shell installed is almost the same as windows 7. No major changes apart from the added app os, which if you have any sense you completely ignore.