I can't see any reason to get XP pro unless you want to join your computer to a domain. Both home and pro are based on the NT windows family. I've got a lab full of machines with xp pro and 2000 pro, and xp is superior in almost every way, but I don't notice any more stability in xp pro vs. xp home, I've got a couple machines running home at, erm, home. -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://www.myspace.com/artsimon