Last year I bought a shiny new laptop with nice and attractive features for price and... Windows 8.
It is a quad core laptop ASUS K55N-DS81 with built-in graphics HD7640G.
After not so long I got my laptop, I replaced Windows 8 with Linux and later in this review I will explain why Windows 8 (and later 8.1) is for me rather a toy than a productive environment. There is also a workstation product so called Windows 2012. Honestly, I don't understand why would anyone serious choose Windows 2012 over very well supported and approved Red Hat. Ah yes, it is eye candy.
