I took the leap today and installed Windows 8 Pro. I didn’t do a clean install due the complex system I have and the number of programs and hardware that would have to be re-installed. I chose the upgrade from Windows 7, keeping existing settings and files. This process took longer almost 55 minutes. The install asked one question, uninstall MS Security Essentials? The anti-virus is now part of the OS.

I took the leap and installed Windows 8 Pro. I didn’t do a clean install due the complex system I have and the number of programs and hardware that would have to be re-installed. I chose the upgrade from Windows 7, keeping existing settings and files. This process took longer almost 55 minutes. The install asked one question, uninstall MS Security Essentials? The anti-virus is now part of the OS. I did the whole install within Windows 7.

Good software, compatible with my old files. Wish there were font size options in the view mode.

Great product, has more features then just CD/DVD burning, system backup, numerous audio recording, editing features, lightscribe and it’s also Vista compatible. The only downside is it’s learning curve some features and options are complex, but once mastered you will be more then pleased with this product.

Italian isn’t that difficult to learn for me, as it’s the cousin language of Spanish, and so many (words, grammar, etc) things overlap. Rosetta Stone, for me, is mainly about helping to understand what words/phrases go with what picture/scenario, and most importantly of all, pronunciation. If you can’t pronounce a word, what the heck is it worth then?n This is why RS is such a good study-at-home program. The main reason, being the voice recognition technology which is worth its weight in gold.

The pre-made contracts and forms are a blessing in disguise. They are certainly very useful to get you going and give you an idea of what you may need to have in an agreement on many issues, however, if it’s something really serious I wouldn’t blindly use the forms here but edit them very carefully or have a lawyer look at them for you. One really good feature of this product are the fully sercheable books which is really nice to keyword something in and find as much information as you can.

Admittedly, being a westerner, getting a good grasp of a vowel mad language like Chinese, is very difficult. I have only met one westerner who claimed he was able to learn Chinese MUCH easier than Latin based languages such as Italian or Spanish, et al. Suffice it to say, he’s the exception.n But in the spirit of the recent Olympic games I decided to put my faith in Rosetta Stone, in helping me learn Chinese.

I would avoid this edition, just like I avoided Vista; these are poor quality programs. You need to ask yourself what your goals are with this edition of office before you buy it. Are you a business professional who has been using office products for a long time and are used to the office 2000-2003 interface, need a lot of control over each program? Then avoid this edition like the plague.

Complete and very accurate. A little better than Turbo Tax if you have a complicated return. Easy to install and use. Imports well if used on the same computer, probably if another computer, but have not tried. It updates often and prints out pdf’s well. Quite satisfied.

just what we expected to protect our computer and it has done a good job so far, nothing fancy and we still have some minor problems with junk that needs cleaning, maybe from norton