[zeestephen]

“Touch Screen” controls for phones and tablets and presentations are very important.

But for desktop PC’s?

Forget about it.

No one is going to upgrade a desktop PC to get “Touch.”

I've had “Touch” and a wireless mouse for 12 months.

I experimented for two days with “Touch.”

Ridiculous - a mouse takes less effort, less thought, less time, and you don't have finger smears all over your screen.

And no one is going to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 unless it offers a clearly superior video experience, which it does not.

I've got Windows 7.

Not one problem in 12 months.

Why would I change?

[Carriage Hill]

I’ve had Win-7 Pro on all of my PCs, since ‘09, and have OEM disks from my IT guys. I’ll stay w/ 7.

[avenir]

I feel as you do about my desktop, but have fallen in love with the combo of my iPad and a stylus. The screen stays much cleaner and the navigation works smoothly.

Windows 8 scares me. I’ve just gotten 7 to where I like it and the $20 upgrade to Win 8 Pro (new computer promo) does not allow a dual boot install. I think I’m going to pass.

But just in case I’ve already downloaded a tweak to get rid of that hideous new Start Page. I WANT MY TASKBARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!