Yes, XP is old but MS still sucks. What makes you think their next premiere OS is going to be anything other than a security failure. I find it hard to understand how a piece-of-junk is so popular. It is the equivalent of everyone going out and buying a brand new car only you can't get the key out of the ignition. Stupid with a capital S.
There was no miscommunication on Microsoft's part. They made the announcement for a purporse so they could measure the response. Then they turn around and state is was all a big miscommunication on their part. BS.
XP is my last Windows OS.