Time to leave XP?

[NSR500]

I have one last machine on XP SP3 and I'm on the verge of moving on. It's a P4 socket 478 OC'd with 2gb of ram on a reliable Asus board. The only reason I've kept it on XP for so long is because I use it to backup my CDs and DVDs.
I'm contemplating two possible directions. A move to Windows Server 2008 R2, or bumping it over to Ubuntu.

Decisions, decisions...

Any of you guys still have a legacy XP system around?

[jmlivingston]

Sure do, at least 7 of my systems here at the house are still XP. I've found XP to be solid and reliable for most household uses such as email, web-browsing, etc. I would only upgrade a system if there was a clear-cut need to.

[Milsurps]

I have one last machine on XP SP3 and I'm on the verge of moving on. It's a P4 socket 478 OC'd with 2gb of ram on a reliable Asus board. The only reason I've kept it on XP for so long is because I use it to backup my CDs and DVDs.
I'm contemplating two possible directions. A move to Windows Server 2008 R2, or bumping it over to Ubuntu.

Decisions, decisions...

Any of you guys still have a legacy XP system around?

XP on two older P4 systems. XP on my Netbook. Their all solid and reliable. I wouldn't dream of "Upgrading" them. YMMV

[NSR500]

I share the same mindset which is why I'm a bit torn because it definitely ain't broke. I guess I'm just antsy because I've got a lot of time on my hands and it's been a bit too cold to do my outdoor projects.

[UltraLNW]

I never saw why everyone hated Vista so much - I liked it and used it on all of my machines. Windows 7 is even better. When I hop on an XP machine now, I sigh. It was nice in 2002 but man does it show its age when compared to 7 and Vista.

I'd upgrade - Ubuntu, in my opinion, is a better option than XP.

[nmerced]

My business system is running on XP simply because its the more stable platform. Vista was just a nightmare and I'm testing Win 7 at the moment but I'm still hesitant about moving all my stuff to Win 7 because of my Vista experience.

[rockdogz]

Win 7 would be my choice if you have 2+ gigs of RAM. 64-bit if you can run 4+ gigs. XP if not, and Ubuntu if you have no need for Windows apps.

[den888]

2 of the 5 machines that my wife and I own are on XP. I find it to be very reliable. I actually like XP over Vista.

[sevensix2x51]

i love ubuntu. the learning curve is really mellow, its easier to install and maintain than windows, and everything is free. you can still run windows programs with wine, so i can play doom 3 or warhammer whenever i want. (dont have any new games, but theyd work too, if my laptop's video card would support them) and open office is just like ms office, but free, and included.

[Kestryll]

My home computers are all XP and are rock solid, until something comes along that won't run on XP I don't see a need to change them.

I had a laptop for two+ years that ran Vista and never had a problem.

My new laptop has 7, so far not too bad but I do notice that some of my programs have issues because of the 32/64 issue.
Franky I've been considering taking the laptop back from Win7 64 to Win7 32, 64 is nice but there are relatively few programs that can use it and many 32 programs have problems.
The benefit to 'cost' ratio does not add up in 64 bit's favor.

[rockdogz]

My home computers are all XP and are rock solid, until something comes along that won't run on XP I don't see a need to change them.

I had a laptop for two+ years that ran Vista and never had a problem.

My new laptop has 7, so far not too bad but I do notice that some of my programs have issues because of the 32/64 issue.
Franky I've been considering taking the laptop back from Win7 64 to Win7 32, 64 is nice but there are relatively few programs that can use it and many 32 programs have problems.
The benefit to 'cost' ratio does not add up in 64 bit's favor.

I'm surprised to hear that.. I have yet to find anything that won't run on Win7 64. Not that I've gone out of my way looking for it... Vista 64 was a nightmare but Win7 64 has been good to me.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

All my home PCs are on XP, my work PC is on Windows 7. There's nothing so magical about Win 7 that would make me update my home PCs.

[Coded-Dude]

I would switch to ubuntu if those are your two choices(from there you can virtualize XP with minimal settings) just in case you find a reason to use windows. Win7 is a resource hog so we still have a lot of machines running XP(for legacy software, etc.).

[tacticalcity]

My computers at home all run Windows 7. I really love that operating system. My day job has me on a machine running XP. It can be really annoying, because I have gotten so used to some of the features of Windows 7, and I sometimes forget you can't do something on XP or that XP behaves different, and it snaps me back into reality.

[Uriah02]

My older computers all still run XP and will until they die. However, I do intend on going to 7 when I build my new system next year.