My only experience with it is on my son's (he's 8) netbook we got him for Christmas. I am completely baffled by it. Apparently there is two ways to open Internet Explorer. (I found this out by asking a sales rep. in the store) The strange thing is that if you open it one way it will have problems with some flash videos but not if you open it the other way. He said it has something to do with flash and HTML5.
I run Linux (Ubuntu) on my computer at home but am no expert. I did a little tinkering and reading when I first installed it but lost interest. I still like Ubuntu but have no clue what to do when I run into a problem.
I have been looking at getting a new computer and Windows 8 has been the main thing stopping me. I'm actually looking more towards getting a Mac at the moment. I run a Mac Mini on the TV instead of paying for cable TV and am becoming more comfortable with it.