Yes, I wish that XP was still an active OS. I am typing this on an old Compaq Vista machine probably as old as your old machine. As far as using old machines, my desktop is a Windows 7 I picked at a garage sale for $5 that works fine. I have two small laptops, one for my car that runs 7, and one for my shop that runs XP. My wife has a desktop bought new that runs 7 and a brand new laptop that runs 10.