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XLCGROUP,
I must agree with at least one of the responses to far. I've run every MS OS since DOS 2.0, and I have copies of every version of Windows OS from Windows 95 to Windows 10 Pro/64. But out of them all, I run Windows 7, Ultimate/32 on my main/everyday PC. And I have the same OS running on this little laptop that I'm on now.
When I got this laptop, from a friend who thought it was dumpster food, it needed a new HD, DVD Drive, and more ram. I did all of the above, installing a new SSD, new DVD drive, and I maxed out the ram, and then had to make that hard decision, "What OS do I use?". I picked Win-7/Ultimate/32.
Something that nobody has mentioned,,,,,when you put a newer OS on an older PC, you might find out that the PC's manufacturer never did post drivers for their hardware for the newer OS's. So you might wind up with an upgraded PC and not have any sound, LAN or suitable video drivers. I've already been there and done that, because I'm a computer tech of 37 years, and I personally have 20 computers. Several of them, where I've tried a newer OS than they were made for, would have serious driver problems, and I wound up restoring the original OS, to get everything working again.
One very important step in EVER upgrading your PC to a newer OS, (any OS) is to make a clone copy of your existing HD, so if the new OS falls flat, you can restore your backup to your hard drive and mark that failure up to experience. I've had to do that way more times than I even care to recount.
OK, lets say that you have an older program or a really old 16 bit game that you dearly love to play.
You can just forget ever running that on any Windows 10 PC. It just ain't a gonna happen!
Windows 7, Ultimate/32 is my all time favorite, because it runs all my old programs and looks and acts very much like XP, my life long favorite. One very old saying that I like to live by, "If it works, don't mess with it!". (you know I cleaned that saying up a little bit....Right?)
So my closing remark, "as long as your Windows 7 is still running, make regular backups of C: and run it till it just can't run any further.
I have a car that I love, and I'm going to drive it till the wheels fall off.
Happy Trails, Mate!
TechnoMage