Goodaye Clifford, nice to hear from you as well.
I cant see myself changing to Win8 unless I had to get a new monitor that was touch enabled and even then I think I'd just go for a larger screen size.
My UPS has saved the computer from a few power outages and blinks now so has really paid for itself.
I still keep my XP in dual boot mode though to be honest have not loaded it up for some considerable time. Otherwise nothing much happening in the computing world at my end.
We did buy an ASUS ultrabook with 7 Pro on it and a SSD and that's a handy little device though the screen is a bit too reflective.
Biggest technical decision in my life right now is whether to upgrade to an iphone 5 (I've still got a iphone 3GS) and retain all the apps I've so carefully selected or take the plunge and get and Android phone with the bigger screen which my tired eyes sorely needs.
Anyway take care and bottoms up.