Windows XP's death is quickly approaching
USA Today's
writes:"...You can find copies of Windows 7 for sale online. You can install it on your current computer — assuming it isn't too old. You could also buy a Windows 8 computer and downgrade.
Just be aware that you can't do an in-place upgrade from XP to 7..."
Full article is here:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2013/09/13/windows-xp-end-april-8-microsoft/2787739/