Should I wait?

[ArcticPrince]

Hello,
I have a 3 year old 17" HP Pavilion that is starting to give me problems. Internet explorer crashing, windows explorer crashing, occasional frezzing requiring a hard boot. Thinking of getting a new puter, but with Win 8 in the pipeline was wondering if I should just wait it out and see what Win 8 has to offer. What think you guys?

 

[najirion]

programs are crashing, does the entire system crash as well like random restarts or reboots? total freezes? if not, your registry might just be messed up after 3 years. not to mention viruses and malwares. maybe you just need a reformat. you can try that first.