I have retail release of Windows 8 Pro + multiple updates installed on an i7 laptop laptop with 8GB of RAM, and since I installed the upgrade from Windows 7 I have spent more time installing upgrades and forcing hard shutdowns on a hung laptop than working on it, also Windows 8 regularly fails to connect my domain on desktops or any network on the upgraded laptop until re-booted. It hangs more times than it actually shuts down, all this on two high end desktops and a laptop which never gave any trouble on Windows 7. Why do I feel like a guinnea pig? Windows 8ista has a truer ring to it every day I use it, if it gets any worse it might even get as bad as Windows 8illenium. I should have known bette,r Microsoft have done it again, releasing a beta version as a full release version!!!!!
Thank god my accounts laptop is still on Windows 7 Pro SP1, A working OS... Even Vista is more stable than Windows 8 at present and that's setting the bar very low.