Well DC_Gurl, not totally, but I do have my head dipped in. I have had problems with HPs and Compaqs for the reason I was trying to use multiple OS in same machine using Linux, XP Pro, et al. Had really terrible time finding drivers, tech support was not the best so had to return those. I knew that was coming so was smart enough to try whatever I needed as soon as I bought them, did not work so returned immidiately. Well if you are working on OS that came with the Laptop then, well, there is not much excitement. any ways would you not like to try and feel stuffs like Longhorn, Vista and all. Well all depends on choices, but I just realized that I am lil more techno savvy that I thougt I was. Thanks for making me realize that.