But what will you do when they stop sporting your current version of windows?
To keep up-to-date with the latest, you are stuck with buying the latest
Gates needs to buy toilet paper for his multimillion dollar home after all.
MS is committed to XP support for at least five more years. Don't see any exciting new functionalities on the horizon that compells me to get a new computer or new OS. I might buy Vista in three years or so once they shake all the bugs out of it and I buy a New PC. But until then what is the point of buying Vista beyond trendiness?