I really like the idea of ReactOS. So much so that I have tried to use it over at least a decade instead of having any of Microsoft's Windows installed.<p>Unfortunately, as the years have gone by, I have been very disappointed with ReactOS due (mainly, I feel) to hardware driver problems. Many times I have tried to install ReactOS, only to discover that my keyboard doesn't work.<p>I keep downloading ReactOS to try it out, but I have to continue using my Windows as a guest OS with VirtualBox to actually get anything to work usefully.