Hah, sorry to disappoint. Admittedly they're not super obscure or crazy myths, but they are persistent ones with simple explanations. :)

I was all geared up to snark at the so-called "experts" but all of this makes perfect sense to me.

You know, they've got this really awesome operating system out now that looks a lot like Windows 7, with both a start menu and it goes directly to the desktop. It's called... wait for it... Windows 7! Why in the hell would you downgrade... err, "upgrade" to Windows 8 just to purchase and install a program that makes…