I wrote:

<< Move to XP, and you'll be burning a lot of bridges behind you. Do your
homework thoroughly, be prepared to replace most of your existing hardware
 >>

Goran replied:

<<This is rather pessimistic review. Most of your existing hardware will work
fine.>>

Depends where you're migrating from, I guess. Maybe the reports I read come
from the unhappy minority.  Seems it's a rather large minority,
though.  And you may have to do a lot of juggling to get it to work.  Not
so easy if you're not technically inclined or net savvy.

Coming from W2000/NT you shouldn't have too many problems.  But from W
9xx?  Now there's the rub.

Much also depends how old your existing hardware is.

Pessimistic---sure.  But better than being left unexpectedly up the creek
without a driver.

Don Penlington
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