my feelings exactly. --Bob A -- On 5/24/2014 3:08 PM, IVP wrote: >> Also, once you leave XP, depending on the version you may >> not go back > Painting myself into a corner does concern me. > > And that could happen if I chose to have only one PC, stripping > XP out and installing 8. Unless all you wanted the PC for was > Facebook or Twitter or playing videos that might be foolish > > I do tend not to throw things away just because they're old. This > XP has had all the patches and service packs and I'm quite happy > with it. It just .... works, and well enough for what I want to do > > What has probably put the wind up me is the end of support and > possible security implications. > > Maybe I don't actually need to change, until perhaps my hand is > really forced by something like a drive failure. > > Thanks for all the comments > > Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .