Those sound like worthwhile uses of your time, especially Mass Effect. Regardless, it's good to have you back. I suppose I should stop hijacking the thread now, though. >.>
/agree that a streamlined, bare bones OS that lets you choose any extras would be nice. The only problem would be the computer illiterate, and whether or not they would be able to find and download the options they want. I know my mom's head would explode if you told her she had to use the Windows update program to download Internet Explorer.
