[I cannot think of a name]

Hey Steve, here’s your real problem - ME, and millions more like me.

If all you do with a computer is business work, (Word, Excel, Visio, Project, etc), and when you’ve finished work the LAST thing you want to see is a computer, Microsoft already created the final operating system. It’s called XP. I have a desktop running XP, and a laptop running 7 (because it came with 7). And if you GAVE me 7, or 8 for that matter, I wouldn’t install it on my desktop. Between XP and 7, I cannot find ONE thing of sufficient value to justify the disruption and hassle of a system upgrade, even if the upgrade were free.

Now in the interest of full disclosure, I don’t have a Twitter or Facebook account, don’t really own any computer games, and have never used either computer to watch a movie (posting on FreeRepublic is the only thing I do that even remotely resembles ‘Social Media’). I realize that if you mess around with the newer social media, the features of the newer systems probably appeal to you. But for those of us like me that use computers for business and little more, I will probably go to my grave using XP.

[FastCoyote]

[for those of us like me that use computers for business and little more, I will probably go to my grave using XP.]

Exactly. I work all day every day on my computer. I repeat, work! If a new operating system doesn’t reduce the number of clicks I need to make and all it offers is a learning curve, I’m outta there. I’ll move to Linux if I have to, it keeps getting friendlier.

[Army Air Corps]

I haven’t had any issues with Win7 and like it a bit better than XP (that instant search function is jolly handy), but I cannot stand the tacky Tablet View used in Win8.