After about 12 years using the windows operating system I now will be giving linux my fullest attention...for the foreseeable future.

No - I will not be using windows 7 or windows 8.

When I rebuilt this machine last July with a new MoBo and HDD I also ditched Windows in Favour of Ubuntu-

I have not missed it at all except for one thing - iTunes does not work on Linux- though there are alternative music download sites- Apps for my iTouch are so far a nono.

wee eddie - The iPad can run Word and Excel through Pages and Numbers app and the calendar and mail is just as good as Outlook.

Maybe I did not phrase my previous posting too well.

FE ~ I can accept that, as you say, W8 will be a perfect Tablet Operating System, but my intended point was this:~ How many Tablets will have sufficient space on their Main Storage Device (in whatever form it eventually takes) to hold a W8 that is able to run a PC as well as a Tablet.

W8's bound to have more GBs than W7 and Tablets are notoriously short of memory.

Maybe, when one installs W8, one will have the option of loading a PC Version or Tablet Version?

I tend to agree with 'outflow'.

Touchscreens are pointless on a Desktop unless you are shortsighted.

Although there may be spinoffs that become useful over time.

I think that M$ would have been better employed in creating a separate Windows for Tablets, that was compatible with their PC Version but taking 1/3rd the number of GBs.

Still happy with XP on my main PC. Got Vista on a laptop and really don't like it. I keep thinking about upgrading to 7 as it seems to be well liked. Can't really see what 8 can offer as I can't see the point of a touchscreen on a desktop.

It is unlikely but I wondered if I may do the same as Estuary might, so I went with "don't know".

Bit peeved I can't upgrade to Ultimate if I so wish (from Win 7 Home Premium) as I like the remote desktop idea even though I've no solid intention to use it but also just "because" and "why shouldn't I" etc... ;) . I've never taken an upgrade deal but I look forward to seeing what such a deal may look like.

Millecent

W7 is the first OS I've had where I have not needed to do a reinstall every year or so to get speed back again. My W7 system has been running since day 1 of its release (almost 18 months) without a single hiccup and as a MS user since the days of MS DOS that is saying something.

W7 is just so good I don't know what W8 can really do to beat it.

Windows 7 is excellent.

I have zero interest in Windows 8, nor do I want anything to do with touch screen functionality on my ThinkPad.

Im not planning to upgrade from 7 to 8 as iy doesnt seem to offer anything that I dont get from 7.

Well, Woolwell, it is an option in the poll so, for these purposes, I'd say it is, yes.

My point is that when you buy a new Pc after W8 comes out then W8 will probably be already installed. Is that an upgrade?

Cancel that. Apologies. It makes quite clear what is meant when you look at the poll.

I'm trying the trial version but can't get it to install!

I am still on XP and have been told its not worth upgrading my computer to win 7 until I need a new one. Will wait till support for xp stops. Then decide. Am using win 7 at work and like that. Have no need of a touch screen so see no need for win 8

For goodness sake. I have just gone from XP to windows 7 in the last couple of months.

"When I buy a new PC" - is that an upgrade to W8? I regard an upgrade as updating an existing system.

I haven't yet tried it as my spare PC is in bits. I have tried the similar phone version which I liked but at the moment my feelings are it is not great for a desktop. I do plan to get a new laptop about the time it comes out and perhaps I will go with Win 8 if I can get a good touchscreen one. I love Win 7 on my desktop and I really think Win 8 would need to be something really special to get me to change right now.

What was that all about with the spelling?Screen shot