my reasons for slipstream: one, i reinstall OS beginning of year so i have a fresh perky OS; two, i will not get Vista; I dislike Vista. I think that XP, SP2 is pretty good, stable, secure. Along with router, various ondemand scanners for rootkits, spyware, and other misc malware, a hardened XP Pro (no unnecessary services, safe surfing with Firefox -with CookieSafe, SiteAdvisor, and NoScript, safe email with Thunderbird, and no sensitive data kept on hard drive) with NOD32, Prevx1, and Sandboxie, and yes, the Windows firewall. If governments would leave Ms alone, Ms could build antimalware, heuristics, and virtualization in the OS. I have tested Vista and it is a pain in the %^%&^. I turn off the eye candy of XP, so why want an OS that demands more power resources. i am keeping XP Pro until i die, plus adding an Ubuntu machine. I plan to slipstream the last update sometime in the future when Ms stops support. i believe that Ms should rethink and continue XP. I found a site that continues updates for 98 so perhaps someone will do the same for XP. '
XP is superb. What will be in SP3?