For the record...

[Derek Burdick]

>Many people still slap on windows 2000, although I agree XP is more
>common nowdays. 
>
>_However_, this laptop is older. It came with Windows 98, and so Windows
>2000 was newer than the laptop or at least contemporary. I wouldn't
>dream of XP on it because XP would be too slow.  
>
I suggest you try XP on the laptop.  Up until recently I had a pentium 3 
700mhz laptop.  XP ran considerably faster than 2000.