I also certainly hope that when the next Windows release is made, as a beta version, that the same group is running the forum. That will be a decision for Ian to make, perhaps with the advice of the moderators that we now have. However, that would be hard to pull off without having a separate forum. Windows 7 will live at least through the release after the next one. That will be putting Ian at running three separate Windows forums, unless he handed the reigns of this one to one of the current moderators. I hope Ian stays, too, as he knows how to put together and run a forum. We live in such a fast pace world now, mabye it would be a good idea just to enjoy what we have for today. Sure, there's no denying that Windows will move forward. But with the official release of Windows 7 being only a little over three months, there's no need to rush things. There's a little too much Windows 8 talk around here, when no one knows for certain when it will be. Some says it will be as soon as the third quarter of 2011, some says the fourth quarter of 2012. I, too want to get the next beta release, but I'll concern myself with that when the time comes. I live one day at a time, without being overly concerned over the past or the distant future. And for now, I'm enjoying the present time and the learning that I receive here at Windows 7 Forums.