My wife has a new laptop with Windows 8 installed; after using it a bit I've decided (like 99% of Windows users) that I hate the Metro interface. Although I've been told by IT-savvy people that underneath it's actually a fairly decent OS.

Apparently Windows 8.1 will have options to go straight to the desktop and avoid Metro, and also restores a scaled-down version of a "Start" menu (with a shut down option!)

But yeah, I'm still using XP on my main desktop for compatibility with an old scanner. Work still uses XP as well, although it's getting to a point where some of the software packages are crashing often due to XP's 32-bit memory access limitations.