Good post, Xandros.

And where to buy? See:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16837116194

You may be able to shave off a few bucks if you shop around, but beware
of unscrupulous dealers!

Oh, and you may want to wait for the Upgrade w/ SP3... ;-)



Xandros wrote:
> XP will run fine on a 500MHz system with 512MB of Ram. Turn off the
> eye candy and indexing services and install antivirus/spyware
> programs that are not a resource hog and it will be fine. The people
> who gripe about older systems being "glacial" have no idea how to
> tweak a system. I've run XP in many systems that are 400Mhz and up.
> 256MB of Ram is pretty light but if you are using the system for
> simple task then XP is good to go. Heck you can run Windows 2000 on
> that system. XP will run just as well.
>
> Grab the XP drivers you need from here
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ucc92
>
> If you have a qualifying product like a windows 98 CD then you can
> purchase a Windows XP Upgrade version. If you have no qualifying
> product then you need a full version.
>
>
> "dk_" <nobody@spamless.com> wrote in message
> news:13odqv875kpume9@corp.supernews.com...
>> I have an old IBM laptop A20m running a Celeron 500MHz with 512 MB
>> RAM, running Windows 98SE.
>>
>> The laptop is a hand-me-down and it is not actually registered to me
>> in any
>> way. I do have the original IBM disks.
>>
>> I would like to upgrade to XP.
>>
>> Here comes the dumb questions...
>>
>> Do I purchase an upgrade, or a stand alone XP full version? And what
>> about which service pack#? And Home Edition or Pro?
>>
>> Where is the best legitimate place for making the purchase? What
>> should I expect to have to pay?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> -Dennis
>>
>> --
>> Dennis Kessler
>> http://www.denniskessler.com/acupuncture