Take a look at Scott Hanselman's blog post 'Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is.' http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Windows8ProductivityWh

Take a look at Scott Hanselman's blog post 'Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is.' http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Windows8ProductivityWhoMovedMyCheeseOhThereItIs.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Windows8ProductivityWhoMovedMy... This helped me a lot. I don't particularly like the OS, but once you read that post you should find the experience manageable.