>>I think that the kde desktop is much easier then any windows in the past or current. There's a reason.
>And what reason would that be?
That windows 8 sucks big time. (I use it everyday so I know). And kde is easy to use. (I use it everyday too!)
Your ATI is funky between distros isn't because there isn't an ABI (there is, it's opensource you can't get more ABI then that!) It's because ATI has problems. I don't switch between distros much so I can't really comment on why ATI is having problems, but all I can say that with Sabayon or Gentoo they've worked flawlessly.
As for IE support, I don't give a flying fuck.
Point is there is no reason to change to Win8. If you are using Windows 7 and like it stick with it. Win 8 wasn't built for the desktop.
Also this discussion was about using Linux for Non-Technical users. I still support that kde is easier to use then Windows of any strip but probably not enough to change if you have already learned MS's system. If you haven't used any system kde is the way to go.