I have to add my two cents here.

I think XP Pro is a quite solid OS. I have the following setup:

P2 300
192 MB RAM
Voodoo 3 vid w/ 16 MB Ram
6 GB HDD.

yeah, my system is rather old. But, I did a clean install of XP, and it runs like a champ. Clean install is the way to go...upgrading isn't going to cure any lingering problems.

So, if XP runs this well on a P2-300, I can't imagine what it runs like on a properly config'd P4.

WinME ran terrible on my machine... Win2K Pro ran just fine. XP Pro is a step in the right direction I think. No OS will ever be perfect...so we just have to choose which one better suits our individual needs.

Those, my friends, are my 2 cents.....

J