Review: Good, but
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2013
Windows 8 is, methinks, going to be a good app for touch screens, but if you still use a mouse, as I do, STAY AWAY!The strange thing is that most of my doctors (I have several) are still using XP!  They see no reason to change and I can understand why...it is as stable as a granite mountain.  I've used Vista and 7 and like them both.  I am currently using 7 and can see no reason to change to 8 until I get a touch screen.That said, it's nice to have a compendium of some of the top apps now available.  It is possible that I'll get a larger tablet (I now use a Kindle Fire HD) that will be more general than the KFHD.  I produce PowerPoint presentations for fun and profit and I also use Bluetooth much of the time.  Changing to 8 would require too many changes to my system, so, it is 7 for now.A little-known fact about XP, Vista, and 7 is that they were written for the most part in Israel where Microsoft and Intel have enormous R&D; centers.  Warren Buffet, Billg's bud, said that if you want oil, gas, and other minerals, go elsewhere, but if you want BRAIN POWER, go to Israel.What I have seen of 8 makes me want it, but since I'm so broke I can't afford to pay attention (retired, on Social Security thanks to Wall Street destroying my life's savings) but I WILL get it when I can.If you are even just thinking about switching to 8 (I hate to call it an upgrade), by all means go ahead, but unless you're set up for dual booting, either get a touch screen or wait, but get the book to get a feel for what is out there.  I recommend it and I'm a retired Microsoft support engineer.Keep in mind that knowledge is power that is USED, knowledge by itself is useless.