I don't see what the problem is. The UI is different, I'll grant that. And it's a bit annoying for those of us used to W2K. But as far as I can tell, even the beta versions are stable - far more so than the W2K betas, IMO. Setup is much easier than any of the 9x flavors, and certainly no more painfull than W2K. And activation is likely to be a non-issue in the long run. Corporate installations won't require it, and it is a one-time deal for most users. The only ones really hit by this are the techs who have to work on home-users' machines, and this may be offset by the users being limited in the damage they can do to the OS itself. I've had good success with almost everything I've run on XP, and I don't understand what all the moaning is about?