How is is windows 8? I switched to Mac 5-6 years ago when I went to college, ever since I'll dual boot osx and Linux mint, and have my parents como to dual boot windows and Linux. All they ever use it for is browsing the web so Linux works great, and that way it's hard for them to fck the os up.
My brother tends to love f***ing windows up with Trojans and viruses in general.
Anywho I might have to download windows 8 and give it a shot.