Attention Microsoft. I got an inexpensive laptop this fall for a class. The instant you drop support for Win 7, I’ll simply boot the darn thing in UBUNTU (the first thing I added to the machine < evil grin >) every time I use it.
Bought a little netbook 4 years ago for under $200, just installed the latest version of Linux Mint on it, and it still rocks. Does everything I need for basic Internet.