I've made the switch to Windows XP in...

[123456789A]

I switched from Windows 2000 to XP the day it became available. Then I switched to Mac OS X a couple years later. Apple screwed me over too many times so I have been in the process of eliminating all of my Macs and replacing them with Windows 7 systems.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Who remembers Whistler and the checkered theme that never made it into XP?

Who doesn't? I recall the long wait for Binary's Watercolor VS, later followed by Watercolor Lite and much later enhanced by Capric0rn as Watercolor Emico. Good times.

[McCordRm]

Wow... I don't remember the years.

Let's see... DOS (through 6.0, I think?), then Windows 3.1, 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7.

The only one I switched to immediately upon release was 7.

[Steven P. Administrators]

I was an early adopter of XP :shiftyninja: And I found it difficult to go to Vista, even though it looked nicer, it had so many problems prior to SP1!

[spikey_richie]

I'm still running XP on my home PC with the Zune theme installed :)

[Fraud OS 11]

I actually installed it in December 2001 but my friend had the devil's own copy in September and I was shocked back then how he got it before the official launch. The OS doesn't have any weakness per-se except maybe running as admin which is bad. But you can use SuRun to run as standard user and SuRun behaves exactly like UAC.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I was an early adopter of XP :shiftyninja: And I found it difficult to go to Vista, even though it looked nicer, it had so many problems prior to SP1!

Looking at the current poll result Neowin is full of early adopters of XP. Surprise, surprise...

As to Vista: I used it for about 10 months after RTM (thanks to getting a free copy for beta testing it), all the time hoping updates would improve its performance - mind you, my PC at the time was a lowly Sempron 3000+ with 1 GB RAM and a Geforce 6200. Things didn't improve, I got fed up with it and switched back to XP for a couple of months before buying a Mac in Jan. 2008.

[yowanvista]

I used XP till 2007 when switched to Vista x64, Vista was much better... Now on Win 7 x64

[leesmithg]

I purchased a machine from Time Computers in Croydon, Surrey (now the London borough of Croydon) for a bag of sand (grand) in July (early) 2001.

Came with a TFT 15 inch monitor also.

I had XP before quite a few.

It was the freshest and best change in operating systems.

I have Windows XP as a virtual PC with Windows 7 x64 pro.

Windows 95 was a great change, XP was the dogs Charlie Ollox.

[McKay]

I used 98 all the way until 2001, where I jumped to XP, as soon as Vista launched I jumped to that, and the same when 7 launches.

I'll be jumping to Windows 8 the moment it launches.

[bobbyfabulous]

I switched from Windows 98 to XP in 2003....eventually got sick and tired of all the headaches and time wasting that came along with using Windows and made the switch to OS X and have never looked back, and probably never will unless MS can make miracles happen

[Rigby]

I upgraded from 98 to XP as soon as it was released, and used it until midnight on Dec 31, 2010 when I switched to Windows 7.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Windows XP (family computer) to Windows Vista (own PC).

(Built New PC) Windows 7.

If Windows 8 is 2012 and at the right price, that'll be the time I build another new PC (mine is 3/4 years old now).

[cooky560 Veteran]

98 -> XP

I still have that XP computer, although it's had so many part changes it's not really the same computer anymore

I also bought an iMac this year

[Kyle A]

I had a crappy Windows 98 machine until early 2003 until my dad bought us a Gateway XP machine. As soon as I was old enough to get a job, I starting building my own machines and I've kept everything "up to date" ever since '06. Right now I'm on Windows 7 and Mac OS X.