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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 19:56:42 -0700, you wrote: >What's wrong with OS/2? I think that Neomagic is holding out on the hope >that Redmond will win. I don't think that they will. Nothing really *wrong* with it, I just didn't care for it. I ran it for about 2 weeks on one of my 560s (since sold), and found the TP Warper pages quite handy in getting it up and running. I downloaded plenty of shareware and played around with it, but it finally came to this: I've got a lot of software I've gotten used to over the years that wouldn't run under OS/2, and I decided I don't want to do without them. The problem with Linux was similar, and included the fact that the learning curve is very steep for it, imo. When I got my first Windows computer (an IBM 355), I was able to play around enough to get things going, poking around here and there. With Linux, I spent the majority of the time reading manuals and man pages, or trying to recall various commands. My productivity ground to a halt, and it became apparent that it would be awhile before I got better. Right now, I don't have that time to spend, but may try again in the future. From what I've seen and read, NT is more stable than Windows 95 or 98, will run all my apps or even better versions since I'm using all 32-bit programs (except for a game called WinRoids, a Windows version of Asteroids I've played for years and years), and is supported well enough by IBM for me to get by until 5.0 comes out to see if I want to give that a try. Since I'm planning on this system lasting me a while, I want it running as well as it can. epbrown Stop by the Portable Computing Center for reviews, editorials, and the FAQ on laptop computers. http://www.enteract.com/~epbrown