Good luck.
I don't find W8 sucks though it was far from user friendly out of the box; esp that disaster called "metro" interface - which may have been fine if one had a touch screen but for the consumer used to a "normal" desktop, it was a rude experience.
Skipping 9; why try to emulate Apple and it's osX? MS, why not go for 11?
Not going to try it at this point and probably won't in the future. I've finally gotten 8 where I like it though I did have to load a backup after last month's update screwed up enough things I just decided to roll back to what worked for me rather than attempt to correct all the things that got changed. Combine that experience with me loading 8's Developers Preview and liking it only to see it become less user-friendly and more bloated with each pre-beta, beta, alpha, and RC that MS rolled out and I'll avoid the disappointment this time.
Awaiting new parts so I can build a replacement box for one that had an electrical problem, then I'll slimdown this box, take it offline and use it as a DAW only. I'll load a newer flavor of Linux on the new box and use it for my everyday/online box.
Incidentally, I do look forward to your impressions of 9/10.