I have a full cracked copy of XP that doesn't require registering that I got from a Micro$hite beta tester friend of mine. It hasn't crashed once on me (which is to be expected considering the NT frame). ME was an evil, evil peice of software. Yes, XP is also evil in the sense that it's extremely hard to get rid of, but so far XP is my favorite Windows update. There are a ton of cool features that add up to a pretty reliable platform.