I have two pretty good computers, one has 2000 and one has XP. I think 2000 is a bit faster but certainly more stable than XP.

As to your situation...get XP, and buy another 128MB of RAM. RAM is cheap these days, and you'll benefit from it with almost every program you use.

Dan Parmelee
1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe
"I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms"
"Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"