Well, y'know, back in the day, we used to say "if it's not broken, don't throw it out." Of course, that was before the current tech boom, where you absolutely m

Well, y'know, back in the day, we used to say "if it's not broken, don't throw it out." Of course, that was before the current tech boom, where you absolutely must throw away anything that's older than a year (correction: older than two weeks), whether it works or not, else you'd be a social outcast - because the New And Shinier point release Sucks Less, And You NEED It. New iThisOrThat, gotta catch 'em all! As for that 12-year old operating system I paid for and which I still keep inside of a VM: I'd drop it, but the damn IE just refuses to run anywhere else. And now I'm supposed to shell out for another Win to run alongside that? Yes, I'm aware that's MS's main business model; happiness is not currently required for purchase (IANAL of course). Edit: I am definitely not facing a choice of food versus W7, that was some other poster; it just seems to me that I don't see that much extra benefit for me from paying MS for a new OS. (and no, XP is not my primary OS; that one was released some months ago)