> Effectively you are (AIUI) building a separate machine

I keep a 98 machine, wouldn't worry me to keep this PC as
an XP machine, and build a new PC for 8. Not sure now if I
want or need to go to the extra expense of 8.1

Dropped into DSE today, they aren't selling either 7 or Vista,
and it's not immediately apparent at Microsoft's store.

If you buy 7 off of eg Trademe, it's only $30 less than MS are
specialling 8. The prices are close enough to keep me undecided

I have simple needs as far as s/w goes. Much of it has been
on this machine for many many years. MPLAB, graphics
program, Nero, Cute FTP, various utilities, pretty basic stuff.

Joe
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