valid points made by all my friends about this.......

however as stated-the upgrade is mandatory-not optional if you have XP-which I do........cause everyone else in the computer biz is also ending support/compatability for XP....And/Or the NEW Internet Explorer browser which will no longer recognize XP

and double woe is me cause I gotta double my RAM just to qualify to be upgraded......which-on my old horse and buggy pretty much means its new computer time anyway.....when I checked the upgrade specs I found that out.......just when I was about to throw away my cookbook-100 Recipes For Ramen Noodles......oh well as they say-it just gets better...

Tom