It's interesting to read about your endeavors and I'm glad you're posting. I'm sure many people are thinking along the same lines- how to economically get a reasonably sized SSD in the empeg.

You've inspired me to attack an older machine and trade out the tired 3.5" drive for an 40-IDE-to-CF adapter. 8GB UDMA should be enough for a Win2k box meant for surfing. I know the hardware isn't up to snuff anymore, but the experiments with an SSD-based Win2k install intrigue me. I guess I'm doing it more for that fun than anything else.