Being running it for a while, and I like the ability to do things such as remote desktop and setting up an FTP site. While the fancy look of XP was kinda cool at first, I prefer the simple and clean look of W2K3.

And it definitely feels more solid. You can tweak it, have the power of Administrative tools, and just an overall work horse.

As for speed, it IS fast. Out of the box with basic services running, I'd say it is faster than XP. Top it off with the improved performance of the 8 MB Cache buffer on a new 160 GB Hard Drive, and this thing is a pleasure to work with.

Cheers!