If you want reliable then go for Win2000, the worst that happens if an app crashes is a polite message telling you that the program needs to be restarted, and it doesn't happen often. And you get lots of tools to tell you exactly what's going on. I guarantee that after you've used it for a week you'll realise what a load of @#%* Win 9x is! I only use ME for a few essential programs that just won't run in 2000

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Nick.