Hogwash Win 8 is not that difficult to use. It's also more secure than Win7. Go with Win8 Pro. It supports Hyper-V for virtual machines. And always 64 bit now.

Will your applications work? There's no way to know. It depends on how they were written. Doug Hennig has an article or two about differences.

>I currently have an XP, so I'll be buying a new pc very quickly. I've been advised to go to Win 7 instead of Win 8 as it's easier to learn.
>I want to make sure however that all my old VFP .exes will run on 7. Are there any problems in that regard? Also, which version of 7 is recommended?
>Home Premium? And what about 32 vs 64 bit? Any problem running the exes on either?
>
>Thanks,
>Rich Murillo