Windows XP performance edition sp3 <--- look on Google.com for this

FYI it is a hacked down version of XP that is very stable & fast install is less then 300-400mbs
But yeah back on topic...
Linux distro's will be taking over more then ever in 2010-2012
Microsoft will only be goof for there office products such as word,excel & outlook + more
Google, Apple & Linux will be butting heads but Linux will come out on top... Why you ask ?
Linux is open source (FREE)
& there will always people people making new distros & adding to the Linux library of tools. I would not be surprised if the shell of Chrome is in fact a BSD kernel with a nice GUI & google logos

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