Win 8 works fine on clients.
Upgrading from XP or Win7 home is only $40 compared with >$140 to go to Win7Pro, so it works for me.
The Metro is rather silly for desktop use, but it is useable. I have the Power Shell or whatever it is called on one machine; makes it pretty much like Win7
Some people report "blazing speed" and such -- I can't see much difference. It did destroy my Microsoft Office Home and Student -- I can't activate under Win 8, not even by telephone.
I put LibreOffice on -- works about the same, and it's free.
Tom
