any computer gurus here?

true. no hot-fixes, updates or patches anymore. I think there are a few 3rd party companies that are stepping in though. Win7 is close enough. Win 8.1 with the shell that makes it look like xp or win7 is tolerable but its just a matter of time before everything will go toward linux and cloud computing. Back to the dumb terminals of the 70's but they will be on a very fast backbone and will feel as if the terminal you are on is like a PC. Oh, and if MS is involved, you'll pay a subscription to use their cloud.