My wife needs a new computer. She is, however, married to XP and doesn't want anything to do with Vista or 7. No need to try and convince me of the merits of the other OSes, she wants what she wants ...
Clean your computers of all your data. Clean your computers of all your data. If you’re selling your Windows computer or passing it on to someone else, you’re going to want to first wipe everything.
Your wife, frankly, is the kind of moron that's holding this industry back. What's she planning on doing in four years when XP is officially obsoleted by Microsoft? Or how about eight years from now?