@KennyR
I have to agree with you about windows xp, I think that is just windows 2000 with alot of eye candy and unneeded junk, But as far as windows 2000 pro goes, I have installed it in april of 2001, and have never had to reinstall, reconfigure, reformat anything (well except for a 120Gb HD added to a secoundary IDE to act as a F/G drive). I can understand your complaints if this was windows 95 or 98 or hell even ME (me really sucked), but sorry your general complaints fall on deaf ears right now.
As much as we all dislike to give the big MS any credit, they have done alot with windows 2000 pro, they have security patchs and software updates almost everyday to help with problems the users have through out their use. Windows 2000 Pro in my own opinion is a very stable and efficient OS for these days and ages. lets face it the days of the 8 bit micro OS's had gone the way of the Atari or C= (belly up)
But enough about MS Windows, I am not writing to bash any operating system or platform, I still love the amiga, but I have long ago turned from blue to purple with holding my breath, waiting for something new, spending my check, emptying my pockets for the next Amiga hardware hack that will most likely put my family in the poor house, and still not be able to do what I need to do. My son needs a computer for school, none of the school software will work on the amiga, my wife needs a fashion design stiching program its not on the amiga, I need to use excel, (I, unfortunitly need to bring home work from the office). Its just basice needs that are required everyday that put me off from the amiga because I can not use it.
