Personally, I've decided to revert to GIMP 2.6.8. 2.8 runs horribly slow on my older machine and the ability to use a single window means nothing to me since I've always used GIMP and I'm used to the toolboxes the way they were. Perhaps if i ever scrape the cash together for a newer comp i'll want 2.8 and later but, the tuts i use from here used 2.6 and the speed tradeoff matters.