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Not upgrading is always an immediate option. You think Windows 7 will still look great 5 years from now? 10 years?

• cageface 15y ago
  XP has looked like shit for years already but people still cling to it like a tree in a hurricane. Ten years is way too far in the future to place any bets.
• robryan 15y ago
  As one data point I was always the next upgrade until about 2006 or so when budget PC's hit a point that they would do everything I wanted as fast as I wanted. I mainly use a mac now, but my PC is probably 5 years+ old and does everything as fast as I would need.
• PeterisP 15y ago
  Not upgrading is an option if there aren't really critical issues. "looking great" is not one of them - only being compatible with multiple must-have applications would do it. WinXP + IE6 is still an option and it has been 10+ years already. If windows 8-9-10 sucks, then win7 can easily carry on for as long as hardware manufacturers keep shipping compatible drivers; and if windows 8-9-10 sucks, then they can easily do it for dozens of years.