Funny you should mention the scanner issue. I loaded ME on my girlfriend's computer and it was all hunkey-dorey until I tried using her MicroTek ScanMaker3600 USB scanner and got nothing but crashes. I had to put her system back on 98.

Other than that, though, it really does seem more stable and I'm sure I probably will go out and spend the money when it's released. Now that the warm glow of the newness has worn off, however, I'm not sure that this new OS really justifies the purchase. If I'm here six months later and it still hasn't crashed, then yes, it's worth the money spent. If it requires a reinstall every six months like 98, I'm sure I'll buy it anyways because I've got this tendency to want the latest, even if it's not all that much greater. Chalk it up to behavior patterns of the typical computer geek.