Dave,
I am not a windows fan but am interested in what the upcoming Windows 8 tablets might have to offer. The version of Windows 8 I downloaded is a preview version and is not the final version. I did not expect to run into midi driver issues for my controller. I'am not sure if that is the fault of microsoft or Roland. I don't know why the midi system could not have remained the same. Perhaps others here who are OS gurus can explain it.

If anyone here wants to download the trial version it takes about an hour even with very fast fios internet speeds and the install will take at least 30 minutes. From what I can tell when run on a touch screen system it will be fun to use. Right now I can only use a mouse with it and that works ok too. I don't see much different in the overall concepts of the Windows OS though - just a different user interface approach trying to look and feel like the Ipad or Android systems.

Deane