[Goronmon]

In Win7 I start all programs by clicks Start, typing a few letters, and clicking Enter. That sometimes works in Win8, but often you type the name of a program and the auto-complete suggestions are just complete utter Rubbish?!

I lot of the auto-complete is learned behavior. Use it enough and it figures out what you generally want to use given the keys you enter. Win7 is probably working better because you use it more.

Then there's the massive cognitive dissonance between Metro and Windows. I'm just constantly hammering Windows-D to try to get back to sanity. The Metro apps hide all scroll and title panes, so just minimizing the window is an act of waiting for UI elements to appear. I mean, the OS is called fucking "Windows" and they eliminated the entire concept of a window. It's just mind blowing.

Then don't use Metro apps? Ignore the Windows Store and Win8 functions the same as Win7.