@Istonian, yes i agree, its stunning!
just wish i wasnt so lazy to set up ubuntu...
anyway as my laptops slightly broke ive been using my desktop more:
I got Avant, but I decided not to use it...simply because it is something I don't plan to use much...
I got more to do, but honestly, it's one of the most stable OS I've found. If Mandriva would have a little more stability, it would have been as stable. It's very performent, considering I have a P5E-VM DO, E8400 (OC at 3.2), 2GB of DDRII-800 (OC to 852) and an 8500GT.
It's going to be upgraded, board wise and GPU wise.