Hi Jon (if you're the Jon I'm thinking of) (or even if you're not...)

How come you don't like/prefer Ubuntu? I really do, but it's the only Linux one I've tried. Unfortunately, I *have* to have Windows for various programmes I need, chiefly Sibelius (yes, I know, there are a lot of good & much cheaper alternatives out there, but for reasons I won't bore everybody with, It. Has. To. Be. Sibelius) music software. And Sib upgrades don't even support anything later than Mac OSX 10.6.8, though Apple is now in the ascendant, so I need a PC.

I bought a Mac when my XP puter bit the dust, rather than infect myself with Vista, and then later a Windows 7 laptop. Looks like I better sit W8 out too. And I don't like 7 as well as XP. Do they not realise what economic suicide change-for-the-sake-of-change can be? Especially now that nobody's got money. Agree totally w Disappointed Don -