My desktop is a couple of years old and probably has a registry full of errors, but it boots in about a minute. I just don't ask it to load anything I don't need. However, since I only re-boot about once a month, this isn't really all that important.

Things that do annoy me about Windows 7:

The amount of time it takes for it to load explorer windows for large directories. Sometimes it's a crawl.

The fact that you cannot customize the start menu to include additional libraries.

The fact that you cannot choose how to sort the files in your Documents Library (in thumbnail view) while still keeping items sorted by folder.

The fact that there is no way to show the size of folders in the details.

The constant battle to figure out what processes are causing activity on the disc: it never seems to shut up for long.

The lack of native NEF, CRW, and PSD encoding for thumbnails.

Does Windows 8 deal with some of these issues?

If it does, I'll switch immediately.

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PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.