A lot depends on how old your XP system is and how much memory it has.
You can check by going into Control Panel -> System and looking at the CPU speed (probably something like X MHz or GHz - megahertz or gigahertz) and memory (X MB or GB - megabytes or gigabytes)
If the speed and memory are in megawhatever it"s a pretty old and slow system. I"d retire it because newer software like web browsers and desktop applications assume you have a lot more processing power these days.
If both the speed and memory are in the giga whatever you could try buying a full install disk for Windows 7 Pro, but it might not work because...
Microsoft and the PC manufacturers don"t want you to upgrade the operating system. The jump from XP to Vista/7/8 is planned obsolescence to force you into buying a new PC. They"ve made it difficult to upgrade by making the new operating systems refuse to run on the older hardware.
Bottom line is that you would probably be happier just buying a new machine. It"ll be much faster and less likely to fail. You can still get a new PC with Windows 7 and Microsoft will support that OS until 2020. Otherwise, hold your nose and take the plunge to Windows 8.
If you buy a new PC you can get all your files off the old one onto a thumb drive and load them onto the new one. Your XP applications are probably not going to work or are ready to be upgraded anyway. If want to try Linux after you get everything you need off the old PC I'd suggest Fedora with Open Office. If all you do is the usual browsing and word processing it's pretty much the same and your old PC will be adequate.
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