With one caveat. The original release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 nearly destroyed XP with consumers. It broke so many things that you might still be able to find mainstream media releases about it. Most of Microsoft's problems with people upgrading come from laziness. The 2nd most common problem comes from people who are terrified of upgrading and losing shit. They can always point to XP Sp2 for that, because they were there, it happened to them, and they are still angry.
Oh yes. My XP computer came with a great photo editor. XP service pack fucked it up, I thought I had a virus, and used the reinstall discs. Gone. The editor was replaced with some basic bitch microsoft bullshit, and had to reinstall the fucking XP 2 thing. Then the endless updates. The virus scanner not working, new scanner, it stopped working, virus after virus. $200 on top of $75 repair cost, it just stopped being worth the fucking effort. God, I hated windows 7 when it came out, and that was only because my mum bought a new HP for my dad and it was on it and it was so fucking different, and basic. No fucking frills or features.
With one caveat. The original release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 nearly destroyed XP with consumers. It broke so many things that you might still be able to find mainstream media releases about it. Most of Microsoft's problems with people upgrading come from laziness. The 2nd most common problem comes from people who are terrified of upgrading and losing shit. They can always point to XP Sp2 for that, because they were there, it happened to them, and they are still angry.
Oh yes. My XP computer came with a great photo editor. XP service pack fucked it up, I thought I had a virus, and used the reinstall discs. Gone. The editor was replaced with some basic bitch microsoft bullshit, and had to reinstall the fucking XP 2 thing. Then the endless updates. The virus scanner not working, new scanner, it stopped working, virus after virus. $200 on top of $75 repair cost, it just stopped being worth the fucking effort. God, I hated windows 7 when it came out, and that was only because my mum bought a new HP for my dad and it was on it and it was so fucking different, and basic. No fucking frills or features.