At this time, April 2013, I expected to build a dual boot desktop system with Win 8 for current and future capabilities and Win XP for continued use of favorite legacy aps that will not run on Win8. Turns out that disk formats are a problem. The 64-bit Win8 needs a GPT format partition to install and 32-bit XP or XP Pro needs an MBR format partition to install. Neither OS will share the same format and a main disk can only be formatted and partitioned in one type format or the other. What to do??!! Two computers are not an acceptable answer; I want one 'box'. Also, not interested in XP Mode embeded in Win8 or 'virtual machine'. One suggestion has been to run the OS's on separate disks. To me, that means 2 SSD's to get a performance boost on both OS's. Also, to change from one OS to the other, one must reboot; catch the enter-bios-key; change the boot order; save/exit; and reboot. (Clumsy!). Then what to do with data and docs - an NAS files storage (e.g., WD Live 'cloud' drive)? Is there any good news to be had? Are there any recent ease-of-use solutions to help resolve the dual boot dilemna? Will a boot manager really help and is there a good 'freebie' boot manager out there? Thoughts, anyone?