Windows XP is a ticking time-bomb with only 500 days to go

Yikes, my family's computer...

Unfortunately many businesses will be stuck with XP until they can get their custom applications compatible with 7. That isn't as easy as it sounds considering that the have to find the time and expenses to undertake such a project. The average home user shouldn't have any problems doing so but more than likely they will have to get a new computer especially if what they have came out just about the same time as XP. Unfortunately there will also be die hard users that will refuse to upgrade even though XP has already been shown to be insecure. Therefore I predict that there will still be millions of XP users when the clock stops ticking.

Bit dramatic.

I don't think there will be many exploding pc's.

I have seen some **** in my time but this must beat it. Has anyone never heard of third party programs for security such as a firewall.

If it is that outdated and MS are that worried they should offer a cheap upgrade.

if they want people to shift to there newer OS they should come up with something better than win8 from what i hear that isnt exactly secure...

IMO users should go to windows 7. I don't like windows 8.

It Looks like a cheap business trick by "Microsoft"

Well XP is old enough that it should be retired.

I'm building a blast-proof room for my XP box... :-)