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I must confess that I use my computer for work, using the office suite, and a variety of scientific and engineering applications. This new versions targets the masses who use computers for games, watching videos and social neworking among other amusements. Windows 8 makes productive computing almost unbearable, as a second layer of interfacing is placed on a productive desktop and many more mouse movements are required to achieve even the most basic functions. I understand that numerous keyboard commands are available to speed up activities, but this seems to retro, like going back to the 80's and remembering Wordstar or Appleworks keystrokes. I am glad that I purchased this at a discount, since I am sure I will need to migrate at some point, but after 30 hrs of installation of all software, it was worth it to me to do a bare metal reinstall of Win7 just to get back to a reasonable level of productivity. Best of luck to you if you do plan this upgrade.