Many individuals and organizations will be moving to Windows 7 soon. The new OS has gotten excellent reviews prior to its release and many of those who chose not to upgrade to Vista are ready now to take the plunge. But if you're not one of them, there's still life in the old XP OS yet.
Although it was written with a business audience in mind, many of the tips in this article also apply to individual XP users who want to stick with what they've got: http://www.wxpnews.com/LKR73L/090721-XP-WIN7