First, let me say, I have been generally happy with Windows 2000 and XP, after years of dissapointment. Second, let me also confess that I was an OS/2 junkie for a long time. Now let me say, I am not at all enamoured with Microsoft Office, and I was royally pissed when Microsoft bought Visio and turned it into bloatware. I no longer use Microsoft Office, at least not at home where I ahve control over my choices. I use Open Office (www.openoffice.org). Not a perfect piece of software, bu...