Also, all I hear is that the themes engine has been updated, a few more bugs have been ironed out, and it has been dumbed down (even more than the XP Control Panel Category View!! :smt012 )

...Also, Microsoft will release a SP3, and the themes engine, Avalon, will be released for XP, too, so your PC will pretty much be the same as Longhorn anyway, but without all the money and slowing down (though my PC specs are not too bad ) :smt001