[Abby4116]

My new Toshiba laptop has win 8 but it also has a tile for "Toshiba" which gives you a normal desktop and other than getting used to shutting it down differently, is not much different than win 7. You can switch back and forth between them easily.

Win 8 has some good features - very easy to get email, pictures, etc., tile for I heart radio, weather, news.

[Still Thinking]

Meh. Thestandard install is just like that. I just don’t want to have to. PLUS the search sucks, etc., etc. That stuff that you’re talking about is a relatively small part of what I do with a computer, and for the other stuff, it’s very awkward and intrusive.