Here’s a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a real OS.
-Tons of GPL’d software.
-Cheap (download it today for free, or buy it with a thick instruction book for less than $50 total).
-Not bloatware.
-Fully customizable, even by newbies.
And might I add the people who make Linux use Linux, so it is probably the most-maintained OS in the world.
But I’ll stop.
I wouldn’t want to be seen as prostelytizing.
I’ll see your Linux and raise you one open-source BSD UNIX. Why settle for a watered-down version when you can have the real thing? 
But you get five points for snarfing a Dilbert line in there. 
Watered-down version!?! My attack penguins will be with you shortly, infidel!
When I was still in High School–my academic decathlon team had to give argumentative speeches. Since I wanted something challenging–I decided when choosing a topic, to do one in favor of Bill Gates and Microsoft business tactics.
It was difficult to do.
For the sole reason that all the research I did showed without a doubt that Gates truly is a vicious behemoth.
As I write this on my new iMac (with Internet Explorer 5 for Mac) I am saddened. I am cross-platform (well, I seem to be on my Mac more than my PC, but I am cross platform. See? My PC’s sitting right over there.) And I have been looking forward to my next PC being preinstalled with XP.
But phooey. It sounds like it sucks.
as palve said above, Windows XP does suck, i’m going to switch to 98 soon.
Huh. That’s strange. I remember having Outlook automatically pop up. Maybe that in a previous version of the board. Or another site. Or maybe I’m just confused. Er, carry on with the rant.
The Ryan
I think it depends on how your windows is set up. I set up my system so that Netscape is my main browser. I still have Outlook on my system, but I won’t even let it connect to the internet (my firewall refuses it access).
If you didn’t install Netscape, (or actually, if you don’t give netscape the right file associations) since Win comes with IE bundled, it will pop up for most net-related tasks.