I've been using Windows 8 for over a year...and...I do like Windows 8.1, Desktop Mode is fast and clean looking. I am trying to limit the amount of Windows applications I install - at this point I have only installed 4: Chrome, Evernote, Skitch and ParaPlan (see below). SkyDrive integration comes out of the box, so I use it. SkyDrive is awesome in my opinion and I have 25GB of space too. Since I don't have Office, I now have two choices for viewing/editing spreadsheets: Google Sheets or SkyDrive's Excel Web App. The Excel Web App has more functions I need like CLEAN( ), but both work great. I have everything in the cloud using Google Drive, SkyDrive, DropBox and Evernote. Each has there own place for what I use them for. I dumped Microsoft Word a while back since Google Docs now handles images, tables and WYSIWYG better. I also use the Google Launcher instead of my Start button... Now for the Start Screen - I hate it and never use it . I have tried to i