On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:19:35 -0600, Boating All Out wrote:

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I don't even pay that. When you get an off lease machine the extra
cost is negligible and you could reinstall that OS on a brand new
machine if you wanted to. You just need the sticker ... or just the
numbers.
I am not even sure Microsoft is checking for duplicate XP
installations these days. I do have a good W-7 number if I wanted to
play with it but I have XP on that machine now.
I have still not seen a compelling need to go to 7 or 8.

I am not impressed with the idea that just being newer is always
better.

Me too. But old OS's get overtaken by time.
XP was good, but I put win 7 on this box I built 4 year ago.
It's been trouble-free compared to XP.
Think I've done a hard reset only 5-6 times in 4 years.
And for gaming it's a no-brainer.

What is a 'hard reset'?