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Plan on searching and praying for drivers for every program and scanner and printer you own....many of the programs I love are NOT ever going to be compatable. That's another reason I don't like it. I am not going to buy all new stuff.

Are you aware that you can change OS shells for programs? Meaning, you can run 98/ME/NT specific programs on WinXP? Remember, WinXP is Windows NT, so it may not automatically run many Win98 programs. However, you can set programs to run as 98 (or ME, or..) programs under XP. That may solve your driver issues (WinXP has drivers for 98 and ME, as well as NT programs). Personally, if all you'll be doing is e-mail or word processing, I'd take Win98. It's stable, small, and cheap. If you're doing something more intensive (with serious programs), then I'd suggest Win2000. It's solid, and runs more programs better without crashing (much better memory managment). However, it is NT, so if you want to configure your system, you'll have to do it the NT way (which actually isn't very hard. Like anything different, you'll just have to get used to it). XP is good if you need the security, speed and stability of NT, but want to be able to play games, or run other 98/ME programs (though the 'call-home' feature is annoying. That's when it asks Microsoft's permission for things).

jmho

-The Hajman-

(BTW, Windows 2000 has a Win98 style interface, so for running most programs, it'll 'feel' familiar. It also does pretty well when it comes to most drivers).

-The Hajman-