Personally I find the layout of 7 far easier to use, but I was wondering whether 8 is a large upgrade in performance.... and it would mean I get outdated slower than if I was to go for windows 7.
On paper, Win8 comes out very slightly ahead... sometimes. But in reality, you can't tell the difference. I went back to Win7 after using Win8 on 2 PCs and a Surface Pro. Horrible excuse for an OS interface, IMO.