I’ve been an Access user for years designing and running desktop database app’s. My work, however, has taken the size of my Access databases to half a million records and 1.5GB. Access completely crawls at this level. Furthermore, I need to perform more statistical analysis that Access seems to be designed for. I feel like I’m needing to take the next step in database usage. Unfortunately, there don’t seem to be any other “desktop” database app’s that are significantly more capable than Access. Thus, I’m guessing I need to bite the bullet and begrudgingly buy and learn the server / enterprise database software. What would be the best one to ease into for a MS Access user like me? Would it be MySQL, for instance? What’s the learning curve like for an Access user? And finally, will it run on a desktop computer running Windows XP?