I am running XP RC2, and it freakin rocks. So far it has been rock solid and stable, with a grand total of 1 needed reboot after 1 month. An that is with all the crap I put my box through, tinkering tweaking and generally just screwing around with anything I can find. I hate the price like alot of you, but if you want the latest and greatest, this is it. For my money, it will be worth it for the new features and stability. The interface is also nothing to snear at. I also will not hesitate to recommend it to my relatives and friends (home version) who are buying new computers, for the simple reason that the next time they call me with a computer question, I can use remote assistance to fix it for them. As for the monopoly issue, I don't particularly care who they put out of business. No company has gained that kind of loyalty from me yet. Besides, the functions that MS includes that I dont like (Ie the burn software or firewall) I just replace or use my own (Nero, ZA). Besides, I am sick of all the BSODs and Fatal Exceptions and other crap from the 9x line. It's high time they buried that crap line in the computer graveyard. -pvtjoker26@hotmail.com