Thanks Matt. About the article you provided a link to, you offered the following summary...

"The bottom line is that there are two modes in Windows 8, Metro apps and the 'regular' desktop programs, and for the desktop programs Windows 8 provides an improvement for audio. The Metro apps interface will be a problem for several reasons he mentions, at least as Microsoft has implemented it up to now."

My remark was more oriented to Win OS conversions in general...not music specific applications.

But your remarks suggest that even for music-related uses, Win 8 is sort of a mixed bag.

Across the board...there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of incentive to migrate and as I said...the jury is still WAY out on whether many people will care about touchscreen implementation on destops or laptops.

Then again....maybe the jury is already in. In a Computerworld artice a few days ago, it suggests that the Win 8 adoption rate lags Win 7's by a 5-1 margin.*

I just bought a new rig and intentionally specfied Win 7. Seems like I'm not the only one doing that.
(-:

Jim

*In fairness, I hasten to add that the 5-1 adoption rate is VERY EARLY data..counting only sereral days after the respective launches. On the other hand, the economy was a WHOLE LOT worse during the early stages of the 7 launch (October, 2009) so any lag vs. those days is pretty disappointing for SOFTY fans. On the other hand....there is no other hand!!! (There may be other views...but no other hands)(-: