>>>>I've been a Microsoft fan for decades, but I'm working hard to jump ship at this point.
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>>>What are you jumping to?
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>>That's the tough part. No really good alternatives.
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>The toughest and in the end unbeaten competitor to the Vista was XP. W7 will be the same for W8.

I agree with that. I had W7 shortly and then upgrade to W8 when it was available. If It were up to me I'd go back to 7 on my work laptop. If it were a home PC or media center than I think W8 would be great.

Preemptive update from W8 to W7 joke!!1!