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Slow Solitaire and other issues is probably drivers. My first install of DevPrev and ConPrev on my old XP/Vista/Win7 laptop had the same problem. I replaced the MS default drivers with the Win7 drivers (thanks, Paul Thurrott for the reco) and Voila!, runs like a champ.

Woody –

RE: Windows 8 – IT’S ABOUT TIME!

Folks of our generation (I’m likely at the upper end, 73 next b’day, next week) are supposed to hate change. I hate lack of change – I seldom completely finish a project, because I’m always looking for the next neat thing to work on. My first computer experience was a 2048 bit, relay-based machine that dimmed the room lights when executing a total state change (Phila Navy Yard, 1961). After assimilating some of the impact of what I had experienced there, it was downhill the rest of the way.

My initial reaction to Win8 – it’s about time. Whether MS will get it right and finally have the appropriate answer to LemmingWare (i.e., anything Apple does) remains to be seen – MS track record is flawed at best. But, after installing the DevPrev and then the ConPrev on my old laptop, I find myself screaming for a touch-screen device, and there doesn’t seem to be much of anything out there worth the effort. I LOVE the Metro screen, and it seems like it would be amazingly intuitive if I didn’t have to talk to it thru a stupid KB and mouse!

Let the CyberLuddites hate it. I’m sold.

Jim