The difference is, Windows 7 was a slightly improved version of XP which was itself very good, and it didn’t suck.
But XP will no longer receive upgrades and tech support in a couple of months. I just replaced my Win 98 computer in shipping with my old XP, upgraded to Win 7 and scrubbed of all its data. It’s a lot faster and (hopefully) stable.
I’m still using a Win98 laptop for payroll. I have to figure out a solution there because my payroll software is no longer supported.
Except for payroll, we are operating on a 100% Win 7 platform now.