I live literally 3 miles (as the crow flies) from the nearest ASOS station, so I haven't found a need for one either.
As for Windows 8, I generally don't mind it, however it would be nice if it was more customizable as they removed the old advanced control settings. Meaning I can no longer change the title text color, which I always had white since I prefer dark title bars.
I've also been having a hard time getting many of the apps to work, such as the weather app. It tries to launch but just quits, and I haven't found any solutions to it. Same with the weather channel app. So the start screen is basically useless for me (I have a mod installed so I can still use the start menu).