Windows 8.....A simple synopsis please.

[CnoEvil]

first of all i haven't used win 8.

however my understranading is that it will be pretty much the same for your experisnce on a lap top. all the touch screen stuff is for Microsoft's foray into the mobile world.

the 'engine' behind it all i'm pretty sure will be VERY similar to win7.

I would imagine that there will be a few new bells and whistles but everything else will work as before although you may well be more likely to encounter comptibility issues especially if there is any 64bit version available.

so go for 32 bit win7. IMHO...the safe choice that you already know how to fix. (maybe)

Thank you for your thoughts.

Laptop with W8 has been purchased, and seems to be going down without complaint.