"Win2K is not nearly as user friendly and is not as well supported by software makers and device makers" Simply put, I'll have to disagree with this statement. In terms of software support and device drivers Win XP and Win 2000 are virtually identical, I'd be curious to hear of software or hardware that XP handles while 2000 doesn't. As far as user friendly, I find 2000 much more of a pleasure to use than XP was - so that's a subjective statement at best. Unzipped