Operating system Smack Down: Windows 8 blitzes XP on 7 year old hardware

A few weeks back I wrote about The impending crisis that is Windows XP and IE 8 and boy did I hear some opinions Why should I be forced to upgrade I m happy with my 11 year old OS dammit I m sick of Microsoft always changing things Get off my lawn ya damn kids But most interestingly: Why should I be forced to upgrade my hardware to run this new OS Really I mean I know there s this unwritten law that newer software requires more resources but my expe