About 98/ME ... I recently took the plunge because I was sick and tired of Windows 98 resources issue. I got a new 1.8GHZ system with a GIG of RAM and WINDOWS 2000 as the OS. Forget about ME and go with the rock-solid performance (and a plethera of advantages) that the NT-based Windows 2000 offers. Let me just say ... there is NO GOING BACK. Ask any 98 user who went to 2000. There is simply no comparison ... it's depressing thinking I wasted so much time using Win98 when I could have been using 2000 all along. It has yet to crash after over a month of continuous use (i.e. the power switch has not been touched since final configuration of various components) and I have thrown everything at it including a VERY FINICKY DC30 Video-editing board. The OS is simply amazing. I honestly can not say enough about this OS ... MS has outdone themselves. If XP is even better I'll probably have jimini-fit of joy and croak ... 2K is THAT good. Did I mention I really like Windows 2000?