I don't think that people who are EOL-ing their XP system are likely to migrate to Windows $CurrentVersion (whatever it will be at the time: 7,8,8.1,9); least o

I don't think that people who are EOL-ing their XP system are likely to migrate to Windows $CurrentVersion (whatever it will be at the time: 7,8,8.1,9); least of all because a popup tells them so. I see four major paths ahead, listed in decreasing probability: - 1. "meh, it works, just ignore it" - very cheap, not very secure, and gets you back to this decision after some time. - 2. "get a tablet/ipad/chromebook/whatever" - reasonable for the user, disastrous for MS: very few of these people will opt for a Windows mobile device - 3. "get a new desktop/notebook with Windows" - due to Win8's split personality, this might quickly turn into option 2 above - 4. "get a modern OS designed for older computers" - I like LXLE a lot, but that will probably not be a statistically significant option - who knows that this is even possible? Yeah, you, me, and who else ;) Also, the cost comes into play: you need to pay for the major upgrade paths (2+3) anyway, so why not get something cheaper and more portable, if the migration is inevitable?