every operating system made by microsoft, will be without the bloat in the server edition. Namely, Windows Server 2008 (presently named Codename Longhorn Server). I never used XP, I switched directly from 2000 to Server 2003. Some of you may know why I plan to do the same with Vista and use Server 2008 instead, as soon as I can get some of Vista components to work on it. Yes i agree. I think windows XP x64 is the best ever Microsoft operating system. Its so fast and lean and so much faster than vista.