I can't claim to know exactly what that other user meant; but, knowing a person who is above 70, struggling to stay alive, due to many heart attacks, stints, and other serious medical problems, which also causes many cash flow problems, I could see them telling you the same thing.
For ALL you people who are so arrogantly thinking EVERYONE can so easily upgrade to a new operating system every three years, and then becoming so asinine to make the comments you are making, understand a plain and simple fact: NOT EVERYONE CAN!
For those who think XP is old, understand this: XP was SUPPOSED to be the final Windows OS. Ever, It was supposed to only require updates, patches, etc. Then MS realized that did not materialize enough money. So now we are on a worse track (in my not so humble opinion), a new OS every 3 years.
So, now we have a problem. MS can't keep supporting older software, and, there are those who cannot afford to keep upgrading. There are people, as mentioned above, who have no real reason to upgrade every 3 years. Some people just really don't do enough with their computers to keep up. Simple games, email, and maybe now video chat.
It really makes no sense for someone who might be dead by year's end to upgrade. It certainly makes no sense for some young punk who thinks they know it all to go out and think EVERYONE is in THEIR situation. Usually the young and dumb. I was like that when I was young and dumb too. Now that I am just old and dumber, I sometimes still forget there are those who just can't do what I can. When I get even older, and probably dumber yet, I will probably forget I cant do what I once did. But, to act the part of the fool, as you did, calling others stupid, because you did not understand, makes even less sense.
Just so you might "get it"; I took other poster's comments to mean, "There's more to life than computers". Again, as stated above, someone who is potentially dying could care less about tech crap. So (if I understand them correctly) they are saying, Can your computer add another year to their life?
(Actually, it can, but, that may be too late, if that technology is not yet available).
Just so you know, I am running Windows 8.1, ran Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP SP1, 2, and 3, ME, 95, and 3.11, and even DOS, and some versions of Mac.
And for everyone's 411, Vista was not as bad as everyone thought. It actually worked. Unfortunately, it was after XP, and it just didn't work with a lot for XP hardware. The same was true with XP when it first came out. And heres the really dumb part about Win 8. One of the biggest gripes is no start button? There's a Windows button on the keyboard that does the same thing. So, those who gripe about 8; well, they shouldnt. It, like every new OS, requires a learning curve. But, one thing should be known: An OS is an OS, and they ALL basically do the same thing. Just in different ways.