blake murphy > wrote:

>sure, some people do that, but they have an interest in it. most people
>want a computer in order to some pretty simple things - surf the web,
>email, and some hardy individuals like usenet. they are not going to be
>bothered to build, or even fully understand, their machines. why should
>they?

Because we're in a phase where the main product offering from
Microsoft is NFG, so one must improvise?

Seriously, it's a relief that some classes of machines are
still available with XP, but if you want a more powerful
computer and want to run Windows you're best off either downgrading,
or installing XP from scratch. This situation will continue
at least until Windows 7 is in full release.

Steve