Hi Nathan- I have responses for your #1 and #3 questions... I'm sure others will hit the rest... :) >1.) Is there any better keyboards I can put in this thing? The one from the 2300c is a lot better. Look on eBay, of course. >3.) What os do you run? throwing around 8.1... I have always liked 8.1 on the 280's... it's really good if you can add Connectix Speed Doubler to the mix, too. HTH, David C.