Get Win 7. You'd most likely be able to upgrade (if the motherboard supports UEFI) for the cost of 1 or 2 new games.

And still the majority of users uses Windows XP. What will we get next ? New Windows each year?

It wouldn't be a lie, if I tell increasing number of Windows 7 users is coming ONLY from the fact it's pre-installed on most machines sold today.

I don't know how you guys, but I don't give a crap about new Windows and I still use XP.

Steam Hardware & Software Survey indicates that the majority of gamers (or at least gamers who use Steam) are running Windows 7 64-bit.

USERS not GAMERS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems

And as i said - the number of win7 users is increasing only, because you can't buy a new PC without win 7. Also, most new components doesn't have drivers for win xp. M$ tries to force new system , and eventually will do it, but it has nothing to do with freedom of choice.

Not any more. As of August, Windows 7 passed Windows XP in desktop share. (That's based on logs collected by W3Schools, so it represents usage, not just sales.)

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

Windows XP desktop share was 76% four years ago. It has declined by half and is still falling fast. Solid as it may be, it's no longer up to some modern demands.

On link I posted, the median shows WinXP users are still in majority. But yes, numbers are decreasing fast I can agree. But making Windows 8 in the moment Win 7 STARTS to lead in OS usage?

It's not like they used to release that of... oh wait.. umm But Apple doesnt release a new OSX tha...hmm most linux distros only up... bah...

The truth is the ONLY reason XP has held out this long is that Vista was scrapped and rewritten 6 months before it's original release date and so was 2+ years late. If it had been on time (and on spec) You wouldn't be saying this is 8 coming out soon? Yes but 7 will be 3 by then which means they actually waited a year more than they used to.

Indeed, and a big reason why XP is as huge as it is, is because it was preinstalled on machines for over 6 years. If Vista had arrived earlier many who replaced their 4-to-5-year-old WinMe box would have missed XP completely and gone straight to Vista.

Dude, you do realize that XP was an exception because Vista was in dev for 5 years, right? Hell. Microsoft released XP just a single year after Win 2000.