Discussions of MS OS are not entriely off-topic - in my mind they fall under "reconissance" :) Anyway, I've got a Duron 700 @ 850, Linux 2.2 / 2.4 is super-duper stable on this box, but I decided to make a small Win98SE install, to allow the use of some equipment with Windows-only USB drivers. Sadly, VMware has no USB support as of yet. This machine does not like 98, it locked up several times in install, and on the first boot. Is there a known issue with Duron & 98SE? Bill