I don't want to start a slashdot - like troll or whatever, but being a paranoid IT guy for a long time 17+ years (currently infrastructure systems developer) , on my pc ( linux /xp dual boot) I NEVER use Windows XP for financial or other sensitive business.
I use XP for games - my favorite being Age of Empires
- thats all.. Regardless of disabled services, registry tweaks, antivirus and anti spyware and firewall software: I do not trust it for 100%.
Do I trust Linux for 100% ? No, but more than XP..