Well I recently upgraded to FC4 from Fc3 and thought at first that it was a mistake. My printer wasn't working properly after the upgrade and the java stuff had gone south. And sound wasn't loud etc.. So, I struggled away for the last few days (off and on) and with the help of you good people on this list - I was able to get FC4 running better than FC3. I am very pleased with it now and it even seems quicker than fc3. I bet that is my imagination running over time. I don't have my scanner working yet but than it never worked on fc3. However, where I have had such good success to date - I am going to have a look at the scanner now and I bet I will get that going too. And if that happens, than I will have nothing else to do other than to run my applications etc., and have fun.. What a life eh? So it is my opinion that one can upgrade to FC4 and be successful, and even be happy when all the little bugs are worked out. All I can say now is " Great Stuff!!"