Win Operating Systems Opinions

I'm gonna buy a new laptop for my wife. She is currently using Win 7. I use Linux, so I don't know squat about Windows. What are the current opinions of Win 8. I will make it a dual boot machine Linux / Windows. I don't have a laptop so I will use it while traveling which is rare. I hear win 8 can have both the traditional interface and a touch screen sort of thing. Is that true?

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