Is "Bing" still the default search "engine" in IE in Windows8?
Usually the first thing I do when I re-install (when the need arises) Windows 7 in my systems, is to change the default search engine provider to Google.
For me, MS looked the bad sport, when it started kicking away google to oblivion, when it developed problems with google. Even the ie gallery made it difficult to add google as the default search engine - had to keep on scrolling until it was found. Now, it's still not easy to navigate the gallery, but at least, Google has come to the forefront on the category display page. And the so called rating of the provider has improved from 2 or 3 stars previously. A far cry from the days when google was the default search engine for IE.
Saying all that, I'm still using Windows OSs. I just hope the overhaul of Windows 8 wont screw up. (As an example, the so called Windows 7 Search is absolutely useless to me. I always disable the Search process in the Group Policy Editor to prevent it from constantly trashing my hard disk. I prefered the Windows XP's Search - Simple and Functional.)
This time, I'll wait for at least one good year or so before upgrading. I made a mistake with Vista last time.