I downloaded the Personal edition some time ago, I loved BeOS the only problum was when i upgraded to an AMD Athlon XP based system, BeOS wouldnt load up, U can patch it, but why? After reading this, you might reconcider that option. I found BeOS Developers edition 5.03.(http://www.beosonline.com)You can burn these images in to a cdr, but theres another alternitive.. neat trick. after you download Developers editon, (Play like you already habe Personal edition for windows) expand the Image.be, Send it to be Beos folder in windows explorer. Replace the image, next Grab an MS-Dos boot disk, never mind the Boot disk you can make with pe, that wont work. next reboot with the ms-dos boot disk, go the Beos directory, type Loadbeos.com, press enter, Beos will load up Beos 5.03 Developer's edition (no kidding) from there create a boot disk. There you go, now you can boot up on a Amd Athlong Xp system, or if you want, make a partion and install. It worked for me. If you found this tid bit to be helpfull, your welcome. (sorry about spelling)