...of the left over XP discs? Actually, I'm heartened by the fact that Gates and Co. have opted to extend the release of Win XP for an additional 6 months. By allowing manufacturers to keep selling new systems with XP onboard, they are readily admitting that not everyone is ready to switch to Vista. I myself almost panicked and ended up purchasing my new laptop sooner than planned for fear that I would have to get one with Vista instead of the system I've honed over the last 5 years. As a loooong time gamer, I still have lots of games that I play from days gone by. Many, including the original Leisure Suit Larry and a (still) fully functioning Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator were designed around DOS and Win 3.1. I still enjoy playing these games often and shudder at the thought of spending the next six months working out the kinks of a new system to suit my needs. Microsoft usually holds on to an old O/S for two years after the release of a new one. Originally, Microsoft had shortened that to one year with Vista, but has now stretched it to a year and a half. My guess is that sales of Vista enabled systems has slowed considerably against a request for systems still carrying XP. Either that or M/S found a warehouse full of XP discs we forgot about. Personally, I'll be using XP long after Windows support has ended.