Recent content by Sudrien

On the office suite, you can try http://www.openoffice.org/ - free to install and use, very good MS Word compatibility, not quite as good with the others. The biggest issue with WinXP-64 is hardware drivers, as I understand it. The processor it runs on should be able to handle your 32-bit...

Thank you, everyone. ultimatebob - I mentioned Parallels because I use it at work (On a P4). It does at least allow you to to zip up your virtual machine as a backup. Of course, P4s have no virtualization. AllGamer - the links were quite helpful. I didn't even think of memory management...

And, if it makes any difference, the machine is replacing a Thunderbird. I expect to be blown away.

Now I've read the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 review, I'm confused of that processor to get (again). When the E6300's 4MB cache kicks in, it's another issue. But what about now? The major difference I see is virtualization. Which I may be able to use... ok, scenario: The box I build will...