[Paleo Conservative]

Have you seen the one where they talk about the blue screen of death? I've been running W2k for three years, and I have yet to see it...

I would agree. Win2K is much more stable than Win9X or even Win NT 4. Also Win2K supports modern devices like USB and Firewire. The only thing I like better about XP (on my new laptop) is the independence between screen resolution and onscreen size of fonts, toolbars, icons, etc.

[kylaka]

I've been running NT 4.0 as a server since 1995, and the machine was only shut down twice for a clock/bios battery change. It runs 24/7/365. It has never crashed, ever. It's a 486 box too. (I really should upgrade, but it is plenty fast as a server, and nobody complains)

I run XPp on the desktop and it does very well. Occasionally it stumbles but recovers very well. It has only come to a screeching halt one time when I was pushing it to the limit multitasking.