We got a new Toshiba lap top mostly for my wife; it came with Windows 8 Home 64 bit. There's some learning curve win Win 8 but once you've accommodated yourself too it, it seems OK.

I'm using in the included Internet Explorer 10 and it seems mostly OK. Some sites load slowly, e.g. Audio Review which is dead slow when not just simply dead. Standard and compatibility modes don't seem to make much difference.

Any advice? Has anybody had a similar experience with AR on Win 8 or IE 10?? Has anyone tried Firefox or Chrome on Win 8?

BTW, very helpful with Win 8 is a replacement for the 'Start' facility found in previous Windows versions but missing from the Win 8 Desktop. I'm using ClassShell, (presently just the Start facility), see Welcome to Classic Shell. It seems to be working well and restores a sense of normalcy to the Desktop for me.