I picked Windows 8, I have become so used to it now. I love how fast it starts up. At first I hated everything about it. But now it's starting to grow on me.
However, the last Mint version I tried was 10. I'm afraid of trying to get Linux back. Where this laptop came with Windows 8 it has that UEFI settings. I don't want to mess anything up. On my old laptop I did have Windows 7 & Mint installed. Loved them both. I switched back and fourth quite a lot.
I would like to get back into Linux, but am just afraid I will mess up Windows 8.