Agreed on Win8.1, which I find to be the best Win OS I've used. The pain of 7 would be only temporary, so it depends on whether any $ differential would be worth it to the OP.

>Win 8.1 is faster, more secure, and uses less memory than Win7. I'd go with 8.
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>Also, WIN10 won't be available for all on 7.29. There will be staged rollouts.
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>>Hi Rich,
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>>you might find Windows 7 Pro available cheaper. You'll only have to live with 7 a little while, as Windows 10 will be free t all Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 users as of 7/29.