I had Window ME and it was a resource HOG. I went to 98SE to get a more stable system but it lacked features of Windows ME. I got sick of the crashes and constant time spent on fixing software woe's and drivers getting corrupted, and liked what I saw Of Windows XP a friend had on her PC. So I opted for Windows XP, it was the best thing I could have done!

I have NOT had any CRASHES nor freeze up's or any resource problems with XP!

XP manages all that extremely well. Other than the update of Direct X 9.0b causing a install problem with Sonar 2.0 which was fixed by editing the registry, I can do nothing but praise Windows XP

I did how ever up the RAM to 586MB as XP requires 128MB of RAM. So, Andy go for it you will be glad you did!
Have A Great Weekend!
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