DS>   I have to wonder if the warnings of "zero day vulnerabilities to
DS> turn XP systems into zombi-bots" is just a "scare
tactic" by Microsoft,
DS> to get people to throw away perfectly good working hardware and
DS> software, just to satisfy their corporate bank account.

THey eliminated support for windows 95 and windows 98, it is innevitable
for  WIndows XP.

Off lease computers at tigerdirect can be an alternative. But I know from 
previous posts that you do live bare bones.

I keep my computers for 5-6 years at best.

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