Opera free is no different from the paid version except for the ad space at the top right. I have found Opera, especially 6.0 and above to be most excellent and stable. I know some have a few problems with it and new versions are coming out all the time, fixing these issues. AFIK Opera works fine with XP. Like checkout, don't have a clue what your talking about.
I see now you are right about it making no sense. Major surgery was needed after its creation to get each option to under 50 characters, but really, it was a terrific poll post originally :0). As much as I'd love to delete it and all replies, I'm not able to.
Well, This poll will be closed - and the thread will be deleted say 24 hours after now - unless someone will post in favor of keeping it up. regards. paul