Windows 8? What is so bad about it?

I honestly can’t understand why so many people seem to hate Windows 8. I have been using Windows 8 on my Dell XPS laptop since it was officially released.  It was a $15 upgrade, so I couldn’t pass it up! I must not be having the same experience as a lot of other people, because I think its awesome. I love the design, and it seems to run faster than Windows 7 did.

My main problem is the lack of the start button, which is so easily remedied by both free and paid software. If I had a touch screen on my laptop I wouldn’t even really care about the start button.

My Pros and Cons: Pros:

• Very attractive
• Fast
• Stable
• Nice to see MS thinking outside of the box!

Cons:

• No start button (easily fixed)
• I don’t have a touch screen
• The flat style sometime makes finding active windows a bit hard, it could use just a bit of depth

I think Microsoft is on the right track of making a unified experience across all platforms, I wonder if people who have such a problem with Windows 8 have even sat down and really used it? Have you had good or bad experiences with Windows 8, let me know in the comments.

That is all I have to say, just wanted to keep it short and sweet.