My 2 cents. I have a dual boot Mac Book Pro, I run Windows 8 on one of the partitions, I prefer Windows 7 to Windows 8. Most of the time I'm logged into the Mac Books operating system, but certain programs I use work better for me on the Windows partition.

Donny or anyone else on XP until you upgrade

1. Stop using XP as an administrator. Use it as a limited user instead. Add an account as an administrator and then demote your existing account to limited user. This will stop over 90% of all the exploits out there.
2. Stop using Internet Explorer. Go with Google Chrome. It's far more secure.
3. Don't click on links in email.
4. Only get your software from original vendors.
5. Keep your anti virus software up to date.
6. Stop using Java.

You do these things, you'll be fine moving forward until you upgrade.

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