I had a look at Win 8 on a mates new PC. I didn't like it. It's aimed at touch screen users but if you don't have TS then it's crap. I have a large touch screen PC - nearly 3 years now - but still really happy with Win 7. Funnily enough, this is the 2nd discussion I've had on this today. I'm trying to pursuade my hospital radio station to update from the old XP they still use on all PC's!