no I am not expecting reactos in it's current state to be of practical use. I am just wondering if after 20 years or more of development and trying to keep up with the changes to windows is this project worthwhile or is the goal simply research rather than an actual OS ? I know that it ties closely ...

I have been trying off and on for the last couple of years to get this particular machine to boot with reactos, what hardware does it actually support ? the project has been going for many years and it does not seem to be of any practical use. Perhaps trying to copy windows is just not worth it ?

I have tried both the live CD and the boot CD. The only thing i can think of is that I used DVD's not CD's, is this a problem? both give the same errors, just can't about anything at all.