Ordinarily I would agree. But I didn't get the impression the person was truly in the dark. Perhaps darkly sarcastic. Which is fine if there's a laugh in there somewhere. :)

OTOH I was reading if I do upgrade to 8.1 with things intact perfrmance may be lousy. I don't think I have the means to take sufficient advantage of 8.1 improvements to justify a wipe and reinstall...

It's cool. :) There's a Literalist in every crowd. :)

I may bite the bullet and upgrade to 8.1. It seems MS will let you make bootable install media for 8.1 without a product key but not so for 8.0. Next time I get a real good WiFi connection I'll try...

Thanks. I have been using image backups for a long time. Right now I'm using Macrium v. 6 Server edition. I've used Macrium since 4.x also EaseUS ToDo Backup and Paragon Drive Backup. This Laptop...

I have W7 x64 Linux Mint and W10 in VMs. I see no reason to upgrade to 8.1 as I only use Desktop programs. I think the only Modern App I use is the Weather. I depend on my Lappy too much to risk...

At the moment I only have a Laptop running W8.0. Since it is my only machine I don't want to risk even updating to W8.1. Later when I get some desktops one may be designated the "guinea pig PC" at...