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1. Dell is maxed at 512 mb Ram
2. Dell only has an 80g drive
3. Everythings runs exceptionally well


I'd stick with 2k - I don't like XP in less than 2 GB, though in reality 1 GB is usually adequate. 512 MB is barely enough. If PC tools is dropping 2k support and this is your internet box then I'd give serious consideration to finding another product. Avast has a good rep. on this forum though I haven't used it myself. It is my understanding that they still support 2k.

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1. Toshiba is maxed at 2G ram
2. Toshiba has a 250g drive
3. Runs great with Win2K for music apps.
Why waste the Ram on the OS again unless there are specific reasons why XP is better.



XP will give you faster boot times. Once up and running there isn't much in it. XP has significantly better USB device support. XP has "System Restore" - this is quite possibly one of the best things m$ have done. Any machine that is having 3rd party software installed is almost inevitably going to have problems that a system restore will recover from, BUT it does need some disk space to store the restore points.

In time applications that you want to use will appear that won't run on 2k. This will happen to XP too, though possibly not quite as quickly. When that time comes you'll likely be in the market for new machines anyway so this may not be a consideration.

In the end, if'n it ain't broke, don't fix it. Only problem with that viewpoint is the definition of "broke"...

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