On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:55:56 -0700, "mgg" wrote:

I'm probably sticking with XP until they drop support for it.

XP is OK but Win2K is the OS that civilized NT. I had quite a bit of
experience installing NT on home machines and it could be a real bear
trying to find and install the right hardware drivers, and get the
IRQs assigned properly. Win2K was a real breath of fresh air when it
came out.