http://blogs.msdn.com/b/howardk/archive/2012/09/09/windows-8-never-clean-install-again.aspxI realized I touched on something in my last post that's quite profound but likely not so obvious: My only mistake was installing Win 7. I didn't realize Win 8 was already available to MSDN Subscribers (as of Aug'15!) else I'd have just gone Win8 Proen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/howardk/archive/2012/09/09/windows-8-never-clean-install-again.aspx#10362329Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:49:08 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10362329mike<p>10.8 isn&#39;t leopard. its Mountain Lion. Leopard was 10.5, I imagine the author was referring to a story from a while back. and unless it was a huge jump 10.8 isn&#39;t a chore to upgrade to. I do it for my clients regularly and have had 0 issues to date.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10362329" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/howardk/archive/2012/09/09/windows-8-never-clean-install-again.aspx#10347860Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:44:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10347860Welcome to Leopard?<p>I spent most of yesterday restoring settings and peripherals for an elderly relative who had the misfortune to have been talked into upgrading to MacOS 10.8. It was a nightmare I had not encountered since Windows ME. Welcome to Leopard indeed!</p> <p>Rob </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10347860" width="1" height="1">