An old OS is an old OS. Having every update there is and using whatever browser that works on XP doesn't change the fact that XP is a dinosaur running on obsolete hardware.

Win 7 is way more secure than the absolute best up to date XP machine could ever be. It's designed to run on newer hardware and is written with much newer and much more robust antivirus and antimalware code that can't talk to XP. Win 8 machines with the latest hardware have been shown to be that much better than Win 7.

Music pro's who've written about Win 8 all say it's stable, secure and FAST.

There's only so much that you can do with an old machine that is literally worth fifty bucks if you can find anybody to buy it in the first place. Trying to somehow update and secure an XP machine is like trying to put a Corvette drivetrain in a 71 Pinto.

I'm not going to list or post links to all the articles about this, they're easily found.

It's time to dump those XP boxes and move on.

Bob

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