New Hardware and the System Restore Process

Just got myself a brand spanking new computer.   Intel 3.08Gig Hyperthreading with 2 Gigs of RAM with a 128MB ATI All in One 9700 Pro....can we say power?  Laws yes... M-O-O-N that spells "power"...Laws yes.

Can we say...unstable? 

Can we say...System Restore is my friend?  Oh I love thee XP... but why do device drivers still suck? Oh the power they have over our lives.  When in doubt..don't blame hardware, blame device drivers.

Can't hardware and their drivers just work - or at least work without rebooting my system if the go wonky?  Don't Macs say they can do this?  Hmm...Macintosh...

So, I spend my evenings tweaking drivers..settings...resolutions...and watch as my computer blue screens.

I guess its better then it was ...