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I've never read so much nonsense in my life!!
Yes don't stay on XP; but to then knock the majority of alternatives as a bad move is just poor advice.
Windows 8 isn't all that bad.
Ubuntu wouldn't be that big a jump for most people if all they do is a bit of internet and some email.
Chromebook...same as Ubuntu (Or most of the mainstream linux distro's)
And the good advice would be ...move to a MAC OS??? Yep pay 3 times the amount for a system that won't run windows software; the main reason the author dismisses Linux and lead you down the expensive upgrade cycle that is Apple.
He also omits the fact that a lot of people on XP still run outdated Internet Explorer; that is the biggest issue with sticking with XP.