Sure, it took five hours to download and install everything but it was one smooth process. So smooth in that there was only one, count them Microsoft, ONE reboot at the very end. I didn't lose any data not that I had any to lose and everything works well. There was only one minor glitch with the upgrade in that the old system would shut off my computer on a shutdown and this version doesn't, it justs halts everything. I thought I had found the solution when I found the SHutdown options and add a "-p" to the the Halt command but it didn't shut off my computer. I'll find it though unless someone tells me first (hint, hint).

But, to summarize, the upgrade was painless, the price was perfect (free!), and the OS is stable. installed Kubuntu r00l3z!