Upgrading to windows 8

[Angrboda]

I've got Windows 7 on my laptop but I'm still using Windows XP on my main desktop machine. I've never seen any reason to upgrade it. Other than the touch screen stuff, what's the reason to upgrade, other than being a pseudo-hipster following the crowd?

I'm told by others that there are a lot of nice touches, rather than major advancements. (Like using Windows search from the Start menu to launch programs.) There are a few internal improvements, but nothing major. I've been using XP (and 2k) and just invested in a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for my desktop. Other than the so called nice touches, the only thing XP doesn't do that 7 does do, off the top of my head, is support TRIM on SSDs. (It also has Japanese and Chinese speech recognition which XP lacks, but that's not a feature of general appeal.)