>>Nothing counts till XP gets into mass distribution. > >Why don't you ask a few people that are running XP and have tried the following scenarios? THey've said Windows XP and Office XP both booted fine afterwards. > >As for piracy not being high in the US, this is hwat I see from MS: > >"In 1999, U.S. piracy accounted for 1.8 billion in lost tax revenue, 107,000 lost jobs, and 5.3 billion in lost wages." > >What are some other numbers to suggest otherwise?