[carpeperdiem]

Steve, the difference is that I am the merchant and I want the customer to spend money in my store.

WHY would I put up a speedbump (effectively prohibiting customer) from coming into my store, just because they have a 6 year old computer?

WinXP/IE8 is still used by enough customers to keep it on the short list. FWIW, i am still using an XP machine in my office for shipping, playing music and general email for customer service. It's a dinosaur, yes, but I own it, and it works. WHY should I disrupt my life for more than 10 seconds to upgrade it to a newer OS (which I have already purchased for this machine, but just no time to deal with the install and configuration)? I'm not alone. I will guess millions of business computers are using XP simply because they work, and there is no benefit to the user/company/IT manager to touch it.

OTOH, my personal desktop and laptops are less than-12 months old and have absolute latest software. But I am not expecting my customers to do the same.