I agree w/ those who say W8 is not so bad, and is actually better code than W7 (from articles).
But most of us these days probablyonly need a lite weight OS that requires little maintenence and that uses the same MS terminology and structure to which we have become accustomed.
If Mozilla came up w/ its version of Chrome OS, I would buy a Mozziebox.
Why the Linux distro manipulators did not think this up a year ago is beyond me. They completely let a golden opportunity to capture a good % of the MS crowd - possibly enough to surpass Apple PCs. And Zorin is not what I described above.
For any XP hold outs like me who read this thread, consider trusting MS to keep you secure for at least another year (W9 should be a good OS, if history repeats). AFAIU, MSE + MSRT are MS's free versions of antivirus and antimalware, cousins w/ Avast and Malwarebytes, respectively.
Comparisons of MSE to stuff like Avast often belittle MSE, but guess what's keeping W7 and W8 secure. Comparisons of MSRT and Malwarebytes are practically non-existent - which tells me something. If MS was doing such a bad job all along, why hasn't malwarebytes ever found anything on my PC?
Don't worry, be XaPpy!