It's getting increasingly difficult to find an off-the-shelf PC that DOESN'T come with Win8 preinstalled. Dell is clearing out the last of their Win7 machines, and I snagged one before they were all gone. For some reason, it seems like every other Windows operating system sucks (I'm thinking of ME, Vista, and now Win8); hopefully this new machine will keep me going 'til Windows 9 is ready (and keep your fingers crossed that Microsoft learns from this latest disaster and that Win9 doesn't blow chunks, also).