whoa,
Memory costs are steadily decreasing, but 800mb, that's ridiculous! I like some things new, but on an OS I prefer the tried and true version. I waited almost a year before getting 'involved' with XP, and i'm glad i did, by that point SP 1 was out and SP2 was in the works, and i didn't have to go through many of the headahces and security issues that the more adventerous quick buy users did. Also, I had added incentive as i was able to get a free copy from my University lol