>>MS has managed to make Windows synonymous with PC, and that's as much to their credit as everyone else's failings. I'm going to be buying a new PC within the next few months (a P4), I can hardly wait for that since one of my requirments will be no OS or software. I may end up having to build my own.< g >
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>Great minds must think alike! ;-) I plan on doing exactly the same thing, with the same game plan!

What wouldn't surprise me would be if they tried to charge us extra for no software.