Just spitting out all the acronyms is a chore.
I took the plunge and installed the pre-release version of XP Service Pack 2, Release Candidate 1. Here's hoping I don't regret it.
So far, I like it. It's a lot easier to get the handwritten input right the first time. I had to change my VPN connection to use IPSec over UDP rather than IPSec over TCP in order to get connected to the campus VPN server, but otherwise, the experience has been painless.
More to come on this.