> Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. I really like all the UI changes introduced in 2

> Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. I really like all the UI changes introduced in 2000. Especially the color palette: that subtle change from strong gray in 9x to lighter one worked pretty well. With all the gradients on icons, preview pane in Explorer, Tahoma as default UI font and introduction of transparency/fade elements I forget 98 SE quickly. And of course there was the stability of the NT - back then the price was lack of compatibility with games.