Adrian C wrote
george [dicegeorge] wrote

Microsoft support expirys:
xp 8april2014
win7 home 13 april 2015
win7pro 14 april 2020

so get win professional
(if i've researched it right)

However much before then, Apple will have expanded, bought Microsoft,

Not a chance. They have a pathological objection to supporting hardware
that isnt their own design.

and all update support for Windows products will suddenly be ditched?

They aint that stupid even if they did have such a massive
change of mind and tried to buy MS. They wouldnt have a
hope in hell of buying it anyway given who owns MS stock.