Actually, a better bet would be to get an OEM copy of both 98-SE and Win2k Pro; that way you keep the backwards compatibility, and still have the NT kernel for all those proggies that supposedly are coming. XP sales have been nowhere near what they assumed, and the number of clueful users who are getting new computers and deleting and reinstalling a previous Windows build is growing. As are the number of corporate clients who are quietly buying copies of 98 and Win2k outright and letting MS swing. Nothing out there -needs- XP, and very little -needs- w2k. The only Windows that has the content manager is XP. No XP, no new Media Player, no content manager. And keep in mind that =BOTH= DMCA and Fritz Holling's latest brainfart (which isn't even out of committee, yet), have never been tested in federal court. ACLU is just waiting for the chance. DMCA stamps on the fair usage codicile that has been implicit in copyright law, and repeatedly supported by the Supreme Court, since it was conceived. And the Hollings Hanger, assuming it actually gets out of committee and actually gets voted into law, would (a)be a direct violation of that federal law that makes it a federal crime to hack into =any= network, no matter who you are, without a court order. (b) More importantly, it would get into the constitutional matter of Innocent until Proven Guiltly -in a court of law-. And that completely ignores the fact that the MPAA and the RIAA couldn't come up with enough hackers to even begin the attemtpt; particularly considering the number of people who would take exception and return the favor with interest (how many times has the RIAA site been hacked since they threatened to find a hacker to use against people?). The only reason this nonsense has lasted as long as it has is that no one has been mad enough to take it to court. Yet. (And have you ever wondered -why- a Senator from South Carolina, which has no real media ties, is leading the fight for California based organizations? CA's reps wouldn't touch it.)