In a message dated 9/6/2001 2:53:05 PM Central Daylight Time, RPRKOCVGGPED@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: especially games and older Win9x software David..... sorry about the m,isinfo you got about older windos(x programs.... there is a major flaw there... you will get a warning that the program may not work.. and just about many a time it wint work... and just about most win95 stuff dies with win xp... and the driver thing is a big thing.. need the latest you can get... and there are a bunch of the cheapie cards out there that wont even load their drivers... yes it has a lot of drivers inculded and MS wants to be the one to have the updates to the drivers for any and all .... you should read about the recommended system to operate this OS ... it would require a consumer machine prioced to start about $2600 if the manufacturer follows all of MS wants for this system to operate the way MS wants it to... and then MS will control what you do with it,when and how..... to me.. am going the way of IBM... LINUX... dont like the idea of that.. but..... has to be better than this mess is going to be... try contacting some IT folks down under and see what they have to say as they are getting the prelude of what we here in the states will be seeing shortly...... Chuck.. in OK UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk