Im not sure if the bugs are at all dalibtrate.....if you have ever built code from the ground up for such things as gaming, you would know that different configurations can lead to problems,errors, lag, and frezzes..and thats just a game. A OS is much more complicated, and for it to work with all the possiable hardware configurations is a very difficult feat...so i think ms is doing an ok job really....Xp has done me no harm and i have seen nothing but good so far....i think MS finally pulled their haeads out their asses..IMHO =Drew