On Fri, 3 May 2002 07:42:03 -0500, Rob Rohrbough <Rob@ROHRBOUGH- SYSTEMS.COM> wrote:

>I just purchased my dream notebook (Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100, 1.7Ghz, 40GB >HD, DVD/CD-RW). I have a choice of leaving Windows XP Pro on it or >downgrading to Windows 2000 Pro. All (most of) my friends have told me to >avoid WinXP at this point, but the temptation for the latest is great. > >Knowing that SAS has disavowed supporting SAS 6.12 on WinXP, has anyone >attempted to run it on XP anyway? Any other experiences with WinXP? >Escpecially with SAS 8.2? > >Decisions, decisions - TIA, > >Rob > > >Rob Rohrbough, Consultant Rohrbough Systems Design, Inc. >SAS Certified Professional V6/V8 A SAS Alliance Consulting Partner >Rob@Rohrbough-Systems.com 9215 Dorcas Street >(402) 343-1493 Omaha, NE 68124-2039

I've heared often not to use a Microsoft OS before at least service pack 2. But: why don't you install both! With 40 GB space you can easily reserve a half G for each and choice while booting with which one you want to work. If you think after a while that all is ok with XP, just uninstall w2k.