Back sometime last fall, Microsoft sent me some survey about Works Suite. They mentioned that if you filled out and returned the survey, you’d be entered into a drawing to win your choice of 5 or so Microsoft Products. Supposedly, if you won, you were supposed to receive the prize back in December. Since I didn’t get anything back then, I didn’t figure I’d won. But, suprisingly, last Friday, I received a package from Microsoft and what do you know, it was Windows XP. I set quickly set it up and learned how much I’ve been missing by using Windows ME. It’s really a great operating system! When I was using WindowsME, I’d have to reboot once or twice from the time I got home to the time I went to bed and even more frequently if I listened to music online. Now, with XP, I can stream music for hours and not have to reboot. I was going to keep my computer on to see how long I could run without rebooting, but a software installation wanted me to reboot and I just figured I’d not do that because I think it would run a long time before I’d have to reboot.

So that’s really great. If you’re having consistent problems with your windows operating system, try XP!