Unfortunately, Win9x crashing has long become part of popular culture. You can't bring the OS up in discussion without that being pointed out. I'm sure that it was crash-prone at a time, most likely when Microsoft tried to ram IE into the OS. But I get annoyed at people who claim Windows 95 is a buggy piece of s*** that crashes all the time. Last time it was by a Haiku developer who supposedly even used it for years. I find that hard to believe when I've been using it for 10 years now without too many problems. Sure, once in a half year or so I get a BSOD. Or if I try some new software and it misbehaves in a way other than just crashing, the system may glitch a bit and require a reboot. But I think that's an acceptable failure rate. Regarding Windows XP, I've never had it crash on me. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have its quirks. At times my DVD drive will disappear for no reason, and reappear later. Rarely the Windows XP theme will suddenly be selected for the taskbar (I use Classic). Windows XP = Windows 2000 + ClearType + better Hyper-Threading support + much improved graphics support. Windows 2000 isn't much of a media OS.