lol... I did sound a bit harsh, didn't I...lol I had a friend who bought a computer from PC World, I think it was, which came with XP pre-installed. It had a lot of problems (but it was still a New release at the time, about 3 months on the market) so he asked me for some help and wow... what a nightmare. There is one thing I really like about it, but not enough to install it, and that is the Multithreading. I have Dual P4 2.8GHz Xeon Processors that can use Multithreading. Apart from that, I cannot see the advantage, but then again, as I do not use / play with it, I can't really pass judgment, only my personal opinion. Still cant believe you like it though...lol p.s... I am still waiting for the oven cleaner...lol :)