I remember reading 8.1 is the most stable as reported by third party software companies according to their crash reports, but apparently my google fu is weak, have you heard this?
I haven’t explicitly heard this but I wouldn’t be surprised. Windows 8.1 was basically a refinement of Windows 8, and it along with XP are the ones I’ve never personally experienced a BSOD in. (That’s my personal metric of how stable a version of Windows is, but it’s not everyone’s).
I still prefer other versions of Windows to 8.1, especially when it comes to the UI. That start screen on a 23 inch monitor does not function as well as on a ten inch tablet...









