"what is the fascination with Xp? I can't figure out why a bunch of people who love technology and it's advancement can't let a dinosaur go."
Money and resource management...
If you spent a couple million dollars developing an application that you find out is only compatible with XP wouldn't you be just a little excited about something like this? I think the people you're talking about who have been hanging on to XP for dear life will move on with Win7. Bottom line is Vista's resource management sucked and was a memory hog. Put XP on a machine that's "Vista Ready" and suddenly it’s a horse instead of a slug. Vista was a step in the right direction but far from ready for prime time. Win 7 is ready and the hard core XPers you're talking about know that. I'm one of them. Honestly, how can you honestly say it was ready when MS rushed into development of Windows7 immediately after the release of Vista. Stability is everything and XP was proven. However, I've been using 7Beta and now am using RC. I am happy to see Windows 7 and will be of the first to purchase a copy. I’ve already recommended a migration to Windows 7 within my Gov organization and we will be upgrading our network by the end of 2010. Good job Microsoft. You're back on my good list!
