>2. Is Windows 2000 (the consumer version) really based on NT, and will it >offer any advantages for audio applications? Win2k = NT 5.0. It is not a consumer version and there is not going to be one at this stage. There has been talk about a consumer version down the track -- Neptune -- but plans on these things are always changing eg NT5 was originally called Ciaro and was supposed to come out sometime around 1995 ;-) Win2K is from all reports a very robust OS but as to how well it performs for audio apps like Logic -- the developers and beta testers are the ones who know and they aren't saying (yet) -- perhaps there will be news on this front at NAMM later this week. Regards, Murray