Thanks for posting all that. I already have purchased Vista home 64 for about $90

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2864277&CatId=306,

and while it is unopened and I could probably send it back, going up to $700 won't work at this point...not that it is not worth it. Right now I have 2 licenses for XPHome and one for XP-Pro, both 32 bit. At some point consideration of going to server 2008 will crop up again.

I'll watch for that last tip you posted. Thanks

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