Sorry Mr. Texrat, Benson's right. You mis-read my challenge. XP doesn't install those drivers. After 45 minutes of installing (or longer, if you think you can wander away and let it install unattended, only to come back and discover it's asking you about your keyboard layout in the middle of the install), XP dumps you to a 800x600 desktop with most of your drivers missing. You have to put the motherboard CD into the drive, install (some of) the drivers, then reboot. Then you can install a few more of the drivers, then reboot. Sometimes you even have to do this again. Finally, you're ready to go. There's no way you can say that satisfies my initial challenge.

Ubuntu, on the other hand, drops you to a desktop with most, if not all, of your drivers installed and configured. Heck, you can use the LiveCD and it will install and configure your drivers without even touching your hard drive.

That being said, I still use Windows XP. A lot.