Microsoft manages to come up with a dud about every other release, doesn't it? And a gem about 1 in 3. WinME was horrid, as was Vista. WinNT, Win2000, XP, and I'd say Win7Ultimate have been very good. I seemed to have a lot of problems with it during the Win95 and Win 98 era. I haven't adopted all of the versions, sometimes sticking with an older solid one (XP) until a newer solid one (Win7) comes along. Based upon that pattern, I'll probably skip Win8 and see what the next attempt brings.

SRS