It has a 160GB hard drive so you can store as well as stream music. This means that you don't "need" to have your computer on just to listen to music (if you've a component stereo system).

1st try, I got through the installer, but on reboot something crashed

2nd try, I did a customized install and cut out that which I didn't need (printer drivers, languages, etc) as well as waited for the DVD verification. Worked great.

I've had a few core applications crash. Mail crashed on me when I quickly opened and closed the notepad function.

Unison has crashed on me once, but has been stable so far.

I'm liking the changes

Having been a barmanager and a bartender for a number of years I think this system is flawed. Most restaurants and bars have a budget laid out for overpour and missing booze. Currently I'm working at a high volume restaurant in a tourist town in Canada and in the off season we lose around $300 a week (busy season is closer to $600 - we run two bars instead of one during the busy).

Are these systems accounting for the fact that some bottles are broken - or that some bottles need to be strained due to fruit flies finding their way into the booze? The list goes on.

On a side note, they call it "minimum wage" for a reason. If any bartender is making less than minimum wage, then they should look elsewhere for a job and the company should be audited.

And finally, judging from the number of bars I've worked at, this is a system that won't fly. Most places (most, not all) won't foot the bill to retrofit their bar with one of these systems unless they have a serious problem. I'd bet that 90% of the customers are would-be bar owners that are starting out.