No, I skipped 8 lol My old laptop was five years old.
I like 10 so far. It has a more visual way of displaying what's on the computer. When you hit the Start button, you see your list of programs - alphabetically, organized under big letters - and a set of boxes that show your weather, recent emails, calendar, photos, etc. Then you can click on a box to open the app. Apparently, as you install more apps, more are displayed there. And it seems easier to set up than previous versions.
Btw, I got a Dell Inspiron with 8 gigs of RAM and a terabyte hard drive. It's rip-roaring fast!