I just decided to upgrade to 10 since I was tired of being spammed with the thing. It's okay, I find for me to really like it I have to download classic shell.

Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements

Replaces the new start menu with one that is more like windows 7. I hated the new start menu that came with 10. Also hiding the search box (cortana) on the taskbar made it just feel like a more sleek windows 7 for me.