I don't do a lot really. Bit of office printing (letters), general Internet stuff like Facebook and forums. A bit of photography so I need some memory for storage. That's about it really. I don't do games of watch movies.
The reason why Microsoft are bringing out Windows 10 (no 9 for some reason), and offering a free upgrade to all W7 and W8 users, is that few people wanted W8 (basically because it's crap) and few people decided to upgrade from W7 (because W8 is crap).
I hope they've learnt from their mistakes. Vista was another failure.
Forgot to say that its worth giving John Lewis a look in as they give you 2 years warranty.
Might wait for Windows 10 to come out now which should be out by July I am told.
I've had four desktops from pcspecialst.com in the last couple of years. You can get a decent spec for five hundred quid and they'll put whatever OS you want on it. Personally I like win7. Win 8 is ok on the couple of laptops and tablets I've got but it's crap on a desktop.