So far I'm not having problems with XP except for the chops in my games. Current games depends on having large amounts of system resources. Strangely though, this unit I'm using is performing better than me and my brother were expecting.

I did try to play an old DOS game before BAK (I refuse to mention the title) and worked well as long as I turned the game music or sound effects off. I forgot which one messes Windows up. I haven't tried running BAK with XP though. Probably won't as I've finished it thrice already.

Well, maybe I'd try running Syndicate Wars and see how XP handles it... it's still runs under DOS.

One other reason why I like XP over previous versions is that we use it for work. I'm fed up getting blue screens and Illegal Operation messages popping up my screen especially when you're doing something that has a deadline.