Interesting that NT was the first decent version of Windows, since the NT kernel was actually a pilfered version of the OS/2 kernel they had to develop to IBM standards. Most WinNT 3.51 compatible apps will run on OS/2: No coincidence. And an interesting bit of evidence, for those who needed one, that MS couldn't program a toaster without outside supervision. Like ants, they depend on volume, not intelligence. If you ask for a house, they'll give you an anthill. My problems with XP are political: Nobody tells me I can't change my hard disk without their permission, and MS got just a bit too cozy with the Big Brother plutocrats and Nazi wannabees in Washington after the Republicans decided there's nothing wrong with being a predatory monopoly after all. I'm watching Google and waiting for someone to write a Linux shell as civilian-friendly as the Mac/Win shell. It's already good enough for me, but I want it to be good enough that my Aunt Martha can toss Bill Gates and his gay-bashing theocon boy toys a finger of farewell. And personal: I'm not an idiot, and I won't use a product that assumes I am and punishes me for not being one. I have an XP machine at work, and I spent some time tracking down and turning off as many of the smarmy "Here let me HELP you!!!" features as I could, but it still is a PIA, being interrupted regularly, being unable to find a menu item because XP decided I didn't need it, and turning off functions like the #&#;^$ "Reading Mode" only to have some idiot in the box turn them back on again. No thanks. M