Thanks everyone for the feedback! It sounds like XP Home edition will meet my needs, though I want to know more about Pro's Backup utility and ASR that MeInOhio mentioned. Also, hmatienzo, could you tell me how much better Pro is than Home in terms of compatibility and stability? Is there software that you have used that functions better under Pro than Home? Thanks again! Jay PS In case anyone's interested, I am getting a new system. I am VERY excited about it. I try to be frugal and not upgrade too often, so when I do, it always feels like Christmas. I have been using Windows 98 with a 700 megahertz Pentium 2 and 255 megabytes of RAM. It looks like I will be buying a Dell running XP with a 2.5 megahertz Pentium 4 and a gig of RAM. Quite a jump. Did I mention I am really excited about this? :)