Review by Jan

We have 3 Windows 8 systems. A Dell 8500 Desktop and Asus notebook were purchased with Windows 8 and a Sony Laptop was upgraded to Windows 8 from Windows 7. After about 3 months of work in my spare time, my opinion is that Windows 8 with Outlook, Hotmail, Live Id and Microsoft Account are totally unusable. We were very happy with Windows 7 and MSN email. It has been impossible for me to get our three systems to provide the same usable function that the Windows 7 Systems provided. Because of the password security system, and its unpredictable results when interfacing, I have had to restore the Dell Desktop, and Asus notebook to factory defaults. Even after doing that, I spent about 6 hours trying to get an email system to work on the notebook. We still do not have a workable email system on any of the 3 systems. The contact list is there for only one email address. My wife is so frustrated that she is in tears every time she tries to do the three simple functions that she wants on her Asus. I have tried to reinstall Windows 7 on the Sony but it would not install. Most of the comments on the internet do not recommend installing Windows 7 on a System that came pre-installed with Windows 8.