Thanks for the assurance. I would have thought as much, but its good to get some affirmation. I know $700 is not a lot of money on the general scheme of things, but I want to be sure it is money well spent.

In RE: gOS.... Sheeeshh!!! Not another linux-based wunderkind!! :-) Seriously, it would be nice if these folks could boil it down to about three or four main linux distros and then concentrate on taking down MS as the "only game in town". The reason MS has done so well is that the company is composed of thousands of people chanting "Miiiiiii-crosoft" like zombies after brains. Linux folk may be just as (or more) passionate, but they are whistling so many different tunes that there is dissonance. God, I love mixing metaphors!!

gOS looks interesting and definitely worth giving it a shot, but I am just getting my feet wet with ubuntu linux. I know all the distros are the same under the hood, but the hundreds of them out there are a big part what are scaring John and Jane Q Public in the first place. People are happy with choices. People tend to get frustrated with too many choices.

Four main distros with "user -group focuses" (that could talk to each other readily.. all being linux) with people devoted to upgrading and tweaking each as a single unit could KILL MS in shortorder: There are so many brilliant linux developers out there. Just wish they could come together a bit more.

Sorry about the rant.

And thanks again for the tips and feedback.

Cheers