"Dispite all the lies... i mean, hype, it's hardware and software compatibility is lower then Windows2k. Don't forget about all of the bloat/junk that you get as well, and all of the RAM and harddrive space it wastes."

Hmm.. Interesting POV. The XP systems we have here are running all the hardware/software we had been running under 2K without problems - and since XP can run any Win2K driver you might have laying around I am pretty unclear about the compatibility problems your discussing.

As for the bloat ... well it isn't all that much bigger than 2K and has some nice new features. With hard drives being basically free (38GIG for < 140$) I am not all that concerned.