I think the only feature of XP that I really like is how quickly it boots up.

Yes, but haven't you noticed that you pay for that speed at the other end of the process? XP takes (it seems like) forever to shut down.

I suspect that a Win2K computer would do "0 to 100 to 0" faster than a comparably configured XP machine, even though the XP would get to "100" much faster.

tanstaafl.