I am so pleased someone recommended me to buy my replacement laptop that I wasn't quite ready for before Win 8 came out. Win 7 seems fine, and I can switch between it and XP with no problems

Don, I know it's a digression, but time for teaching handwriting has been eliminated from timetables. I spent ages trying to undo bad holds in children who had never been shown how to hold writing tools or why, and would say, "but that's the way I've always done it". Why we evolved the opposable thumb is a mystery.

Penny