Definitely a good reason to move on to a new operating system. Remember Microsoft was originally scheduled to stop supporting XP and they will in the near future. I don't think you're going to see WinXP SP4.

I guess I'll just have to wait for the price to come down... I can go buy it on release date but I think it's just priced wrong for what it s.

They should charge what the market can bear with regards to programs, but OS's, should be cheap. If MS is not careful, a lot of young people adopting the Apple Way will eventually eat at the bottom line for MS.