Gee, I used to get heaps of lockups with XP especially if I was using all the usb ports. I changed to vista about two years ago and have had no problems since. I turned off all of the annoying user account controls and stuff and only really notice aero when I run a program that won't support it (i.e. a little bubble pops up and tells me so
). My memories of linux still make me curl up into the feotal position and cry like a baby
. Can't say I will be in any great hurry to get a copy of windows 7 though.
Mark