I watch ZDTV while we fix dinner and last night they had the author of the new 2000 book who has worked with it for 2 years and took 5 months to write the book. He said about what all of you are saying--an upgrade for NT def. not 95/98. It DOES NOT support many peripherals because the reason it is stable is because there is a 'layer' that they must go through (I'm displaying my inadequacies as a 'geek' obviously LOL) which is not in 98. You sacrifice stability for flexibility with 98 (even with apps). Its also unlikely that there will be support for things like CD writers, DVDs and many others. Someone else gave the site where you can check what will work--he gave it also. I've seen enough info on 2000 to know its not meant for the consumer market. They also said the 'minimums' listed are false--it needs minimum of PII300 with 128 mg of RAM and if you run anything more than Word or some equivalent, then you need at least 192 mg RAM--esp. if you run Office. Diane B