Hope your recovery is going well MaHound
I have been running Windows 8 for two weeks now on my business laptop with commercial TD3 installed
A few things I have noted:
The extended Display set-up is easier, you simply hover over the devices, then second screen then click extended, Windows selects the best resolution but it can still be adjusted to suit by right clicking on the desktop
I have had a few issues with my USB Thermal Receipt Printer, as it is often not found despite being plugged in and working, I don't know how to fix it yet, without a computer restart to activate it again.
When editing most numerical fields, the numerics are centrally aligned when you click on them, which takes a little more precision when clicking on a field, but does not necessarily slow you down.
The taskbar appears on occasion on the extended display when I use programs such as excel, which is a little annoying, however it is opaque, so does not prevent viewing of any of the bottom screen information, and when I click back onto TD3 settings window it disappears again.
Otherwise I find it fine, however if I had given it some more trial my real verdict would be to stick with Windows 7 or at least until such time as I am fully familiar with how to work Windows 8 efficiently and correctly (I am still not sure how to do some tasks on Windows 8 )
Regards
Stuart