FWIW.
I've played around with Win 8 for most of the day today. And I've been trying to set it up just like my Win 7, lol. With an old fashioned keyboard and mouse it feels no different to Win 7, minus the convenience and familiarity I've come to know with my old Win 7. But I can see it would be a whole different experience with a touch-screen monitor or if it was installed on a tablet pc. I'm going to leave it on the HDD but I doubt I'll be returning to it often. The old fashioned me still loves Win 7.
I've played around with Win 8 for most of the day today. And I've been trying to set it up just like my Win 7, lol. With an old fashioned keyboard and mouse it feels no different to Win 7, minus the convenience and familiarity I've come to know with my old Win 7. But I can see it would be a whole different experience with a touch-screen monitor or if it was installed on a tablet pc. I'm going to leave it on the HDD but I doubt I'll be returning to it often. The old fashioned me still loves Win 7.