Holger, you wrote:   
      
    HG> Has M$ learned some new tricks?   
      
   	MS is stepping out into new realm, the tablet. I might be swayed by Surface   
   when it comes out, I might more than likely not use its touch-screen interface   
   as it comes with a keyboard. Have you had a look at it ?   
      
    HG> Such upgrade policy has been unheard of in recent years.   
    HG> Maybe M$ has found too many satisfied XP users unvilling to upgrade.   
      
   	Charles will be sorry to have gone to the Wormy. The new upgrade from MS is   
   in competition with them, the worms. W-8 has pleased me enough that I will   
   certainly go to the RTM version, the beta was modified enough to look very W-7   
   for me, desktop and all and no Tile on my screen. I use all the W-7 procedures   
   on W-8 and they are all active. Even my copy of Office 2K is recognized on W-8   
   as it was on Vista, XP, W-7 in spite of a techie saying that I had to upgrade   
   to the latest version, no need at all.   
      
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