Our only major beef with XP is the Activation Scheme. Frankly, it's terrible. Judging from the other online media who've posted about this "feature" as well, no one seems to like this thing. Unless Microsoft wants to seriously tick off their user base, they need to tone down the Activation policies and give the end users more control of the operating system that they're paying for.

Besides this, we really like XP. After messing around with a few previous builds, Windows XP looks and feels like a very solid operating system. It's got the stability of Windows 2000, a cool OSX-like graphical feel, and oogles of native hardware and software support. While it's not quite ready for full-on server/workstation/home deployment yet, it's safe to say that by the time they launch, XP will be the most advanced operating system on the planet. We like.