XP is great. Why upgrade? Upgrading can be a painful process.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
Just my 2 cents.
W98 worked great for me too. Stuck with it until newer programs/hardware wouldn’t run on it. Don’t want to be in that boat again.
XP will no longer be supported next year. That means all security patches, hot fixes and updates will no longer be available. Plus, the worldwide hacker community have had 12 years now to learn to exploit XP—and the security of a year 2001 designed operating system just isn’t safe anymore.
And before we condemn Microsoft for dropping support, do realize it costs a ton of money to keep good programmers working on XP code when they’d be better used staffing newer models.
All good things must come to an end.
Finally, the PC has been a real success story—almost legendary when you think about how much it has changed the world; yet, even it will be replaced. In my opinion, the tablet/smart phone has not; rather they suplement the PC world, but nevertheless, something different will arise. What? I don’t know, but it will.