...what do I do?

I currently have 6 desktops and 3 laptops running XP Pro. Another laptop runs Win7. Come April 2014, MS support for XP will cease.

All my computers either came with XP installed, or they had a valid COA which allowed me to install XP. I've kept up with the upgrades, and they all seem to work fairly well.

Keep in mind, I don't spend a large portion of my life web-surfing or generally looking for trouble (i.e., possibly dodgy websites). It seems to me that the biggest possible downside of no more support for XP is in the security area. It's possible that hackers, knowing that MS will no longer bail people out, might want to "flood the market" with new viruses and so on.

Of course, the market share of XP has probably dropped to below 50%, and the stuff they really want to get at is probably running on Win7/8 machines, so maybe the effort will not happen.

At any rate, I don't intend to lay out lots of money to just keep doing what I'm doing. Heck, I ran 98SE well beyond its sell-by date and never had any problems. Of course, the internet was a bit safer then and dialup limited your exposure.

Anyhow - for those of you still running XP, what are your plans come next April?

PS - if possible, differentiate between what your company will do with the machine you use but they own, and what you plan on doing with your own personal machine(s).