Not having wings fired up, but my guess would be bridge the faces, then go in and change to hole.

1.4 is different, but not that different.  Being able to change selection modes from the menu is handy, as is the, not sure what they call it, but picking mode just by putting the cursor over a face, vertex or edge and have it go into the mode you want.

I like Wings.

The "I" in Doric is Silent.