I had to be drug kicking and screaming into XP from Win 98 but once I got used to it, it was OK. I sure hated having to give XP up when I got my new laptop. I has win 7 on it. Hopefully this one will hold up for a very long time 'cause from all I've heard, I don't want to be forced into win 8.I still run XP, I'd like to have something newer.