All You Win XP Stragglers

I liked Win7 more than I liked XP.

I do not understand the attachment to XP or the slow hardware it runs on. It had its day but does not compare to 7. HP is now reverting back to Windows 7 on their new computers.

It is like a neighbor I had way back who bought a '65 Mustang and, feeling its goodness, cared for it like it would last indefinitely.

As for slow hardware, is 15 sec from hibernate to active FF browsing too slow? Maybe I am just very patient, but it seems fast to me for a 10 y/o HP Pavillion w/ a single core AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor. I would leave it on , but its fans are a bit loud, and I want our dog, Boudreaux, to sleep soundly in the same room.

Just as a casual observer ( I haven't used xp in years ) I wonder as I see talk by some about loyal ms users being abandoned, how is not buying a ms op system in what , 10 years ,? a loyal ms customer? I guess in my mind with the way tech moves so fast a loyal customer is one who would spend $ with the company regularly .. Of course I suppose business is the reason ms will continue to support Xp in some fashion .and that's a good thing

With 3 MS computers in the house, including a Dell laptop running W8.1, and quite a few MS machines in our past now in some landfill, we have given MS and DOS-based computers a disproportionate share of business compared w/, say, Sears' Kenmore appliances division - our $500 refrig is still goin' fine after 21 years. Our neighbors all have shiny $1500 Samaungs and LGs...I can't say for sure, but I'd bet that "the way tech moves so fast a loyal customer is one who would spend $ with the company regularly" will ensure that they get to demonstrate their loyalty before I need to make a trip to Sears' salesmen.

I am loyal to my dentist, but not ready for a mouthful of more crowns. Likewise, I will return to the surgeon who put in my 2 artificial hips if I need a revision, but we both hope that won't be necessary.

Despite my geographic situation, I am not a flag waving redneck, but I am a very loyal American. However, I have yet to invoke my option to pay more taxes than the IRS requires. Should I?

I will be a return customer when my 10 y/o Briggs and Stratton mover dies (if ever it does), likewise for our 4Runner, 40 hp Mercury outboard, and 36" Sanyo TV of 15, 20, and 12 year ages, respectively.

I could go on, but, as with Geiko, "well, you know". I am being lighthearted here, no offense intended. I understand the current zeitgeist to buy tech gadgets, but I like to minimize landfill volumes.