Keep XP. It is the best Microsoft OS.
“Keep XP. It is the best Microsoft OS.”
The problem with that is twofold.
1 - Security issues: not only is Microsoft not going to release security patches anymore, security vendors.... anti-virus makers, etc... are going to stop supporting the platform this year.
2 - Functionality issues: Websites are already dropping support for IE 8, and Google has made it clear Chrome will soon drop support for XP. So then it becomes a question of how long Firefox support will last. And with damn near everything web-centric now, if a vendor doesn’t support your OS, that means that your computer becomes increasingly useless without Internet capabilities (like Flash for YouTube, etc).
I used to have it but I think it got replaced by Windows 7 which I now have. How does Windows 7 compare?