Quote - Microsoft will not support Windows XP past 2014.  It's in extended release support as is.  Once support stops, given MS's track record it will begin to suffer security issues.  This is why they are urging people to upgrade to Windows 7 / 8.

That's not good news. XP is the absolute best operating system they have ever released.

I have some software that won't work on Windows 7.

I have no idea about 8.