I followed a lot of instructions/tips posted here unfortunately after the last one 3 weeks ago I got 7 bsods in 12 hours. I took the laptop back to the store I bought it too and I got a full refund as the last bsod made using the internet incompatible.
Thankfully I still have my windows 7 laptop 4 years old is like heaven sent working better, faster than the 4 month laptop in windows 8.
Before you say ill need to move to windows 8 fair enough ive put the money towards going back to apple macs which i used for 22 years before i moved to PC
I think windows introduced windows 8 too quickly and I think most of us would have moved over gracefully from 7 to 8, however 8 is fine if you have a tablet, laptops PCs its a different kettle of fish felt too rushed and I know rival companies with tablets
where sneaking ahead of Windows but fans of windows would have waited to a better more laptop/pc friendly OS to arrive rather than a os that alienates anyone who doesnt have a tablet