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Although I realize many folks use "IBM Clone" computers which use Microsoft software, the Mac is far superior in terms of stability, being vulnerable to viruses and bugs and planned obsolesense, the costs of a Mac are astronomical compared to a PC.

Hope your Chromebook works well.

One sad truth I found about WIN-XP:

Some drivers for my CD-ROM and DVD/CD recorder were deleted.

Don't be fooled! Microsoft does not support XP in any way and that includes drivers! There are NO drivers available for XP! Perhaps one can find a disc of drivers on E-BAY,
but no guarantee the one you need will be included.

So, like any other XP user, I will have to make a complete current back-up of my contents on an external hard drive, then roll-back (recover) the XP back to factory defaults....that
miserable action will restore the deleted drivers. That is about the only way to make the CD/DVD media work!

You may wonder, "why all the trouble?"......................XP runs programs I like that WIN-8.1 won't accept - a printer is included among the rejects of 8.1!!!

I know one thing, I am NOT a fan of Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 grows on you Morf. I was a bit frustrated with it at first and there is still a thing or two that drive me nuts but it's like most everything else, the more you use it the more accustom to it you become.

XP was great for it's time. 7 not so hot but 8 I think has done well. 7 was a nightmare for glitches and security risks. XP wasn't much better but at least it was or eventually became more stable. Since I've had 8 and now 8.1 I've almost forgotten how to firefight major problems. Still had the odd one but with the older OS's, I learned to remove viruses and system attacks almost at code level because I had to. Now I'm not sure I even remember how. That in my book is a win.

As Deb says you get used to things. I wasn't sure at all about 8 when I made the jump (I'm sure I made a post about it at the time). Now I couldn't, and wouldn't want to go back. When I've had to do a system re-install even that's easier.

The one thing 8 absolutely does not like though is anything on the desktop with a blank icon. Most won't encounter this but on occasion I've created game trainers and forgot this and saved them to the desktop. They don't have icons and it makes the 'puter go mental. You can save them anywhere but the desktop. Prob something to do with the way the metro screen binds in the background, who knows. I still fall for it occasionally and think I've been cyber attacked until the penny drops lol.