I'm not so sure. I've heard of people keeping a version of XP running to run DAW software, never connecting it to the Internet, because newer versions of Windo

I'm not so sure. I've heard of people keeping a version of XP running to run DAW software, never connecting it to the Internet, because newer versions of Windows have higher audio latency. Old games also don't expire--I'm sure some people still have their DOS machines to play old games, just like people keep their old game consoles. Also some software is more or less "done". What more does Word need in it, for example?