I consider myself pretty handy with computers, in fact, I have built several in the past.
However, I dont know how to answer this question. My mother in law has a COMPAQ running Windows ME, with 256 megs of RAM. She is complaining the computer runs slow and freezes when she tries to open more than one thing. I suggested that she upgrade to Windows XP, and atleast 512 megs of RAM. According to COMPAQs website, installing a different OS is not suggested, and is done at your own risk since XP has not been tested on the computer. My fear is that XP may not be compatible with some of the hardware. Any experience in this? Im not sure what kind of hardware she has, and if it can be changed (video card, modem, sound card, etc.)