I came from xp so it's definitely an upgrade, but like tsch pointed out there's a lot of annoying ticks. I honestly don't use most of the windows 8 features except for the side screen navigation. Don't have a touch screen either.
I just bought a laptop a couple months ago, decided to go with 7, just because of the things I have heard. I hate change, especially if its less user friendly. Are you using IE? That could be the issue your having. Just a guess though lol.
