I've spent quite some time 'playing' in various shops, but mainly PC World.

Interestingly, I see only machines with Windows 8
I've not seen any with Windows 7 at all.

Everyone tells me Win8 works just as well in standard 'Desktop' mode (that we're all used to) as it does in touchscreen mode.
Well they would wouldn't they.

I didn't yet buy the Win8 software, (priced at £49), but I'm on the edge and I'm sure I will later.
It's really tricky trying to see how it works as none of machines I've seen are actually connected to the internet.

More updates when I actually make the leap.