I use Windows 7 on my main PC and will not be upgrading to Windows 8 for various reasons, however I have an XP license kicking about somewhere that I could upgrade to 8 for £25 and use that as the OS for the Media Centre PC in my bedroom. I have tried 7 and it works fine (but I don't have a second license, but with no mouse or keyboard attached I have been using my Android phone with both RemoteDroid and XBMC Remote to control it.
The question is, with Windows 8 there is no start menu and you seem to have to use the Windows Key to show it, with RemoteDroid I don't think you can send the Windows key, so I dunno if I will actually be able to use it. If not, I will have to boot into XBMC and that's it, in which case, I may as well use XP, or even Linux!
So, without having a keyboard attached, is it a good idea to use Windows 8 for a Media Centre PC considering that I do the odd bit of browsing on it too?