Re: Should I install Windows XP on an Old Laptop?

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V Green wrote:
If you can, find a copy Windows 2000. It should
run well on that machine. XP doesn't really add
anything you need over 2K except overhead that
slows things down.

(now awaiting flames from the XP or the "whatever's the latest
has got to be the greatest" minions - I stick by what I said
having run both extensively on many different hardware
platforms).

Although you can turn much of the 'overhead' off... you're right.

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