Like the long life of XP, Windows 7 is going to be around in use for a very long time. Getting used to Windows 8 is going to turn off a lot of users, and I foresee many purchasers of new computers looking to turn back their pcs to Windows 7 - much in the way Vista users put back their XP operating systems. I'm learning Windows 8 as a computer club instructor, but I'm leery about how many of our 800 members are going to embrace it - time will tell.