> > For the first time, I have gotten pissed off enough to actually throw
> > computer parts about and smash them. My keyboard is missing the little
> > legs that prop it up at a comfortable angle now.
> >
> > After installing the wonderful XP operating system and enjoying its
> > wonderful stability for several days....I now find that it has decided
> > it no longer knows where either of my CD drives are, and the stability
> > issue extends to its steadfastness in refusing to recognize them.
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
>
> Drop M$.  Use Linux.
>

Assuming that he would ever go though all the hassles of switching OSs,
especially one as immature as Linux, Mike is smart enough to use *BSD
and not some toy, hippie OS.

A detailed, point-by-point comparison of *BSD and Linux is available here:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcone/bsdversuslinux.html

5 netbucks says Mike will choose *BSD.

P.S.
Cory, are you like the Linux lusers in the foreground or the background?