[dd74]

Here's my question: IBM said they'll send me "software" which I assume includes the XP Pro OS and a whole host of their proprietary IBM bling-bling stuff that came with the laptop.

I'm thinking instead of screwing with all that, that I should install 2000 instead. Is that possible on a machine that came OEM with XP? I don't really care if I lose some of the functionality as far as IBM help files, internet access so forth and so on.

One feature I would not like to lose is the ability to burn CDRs and RWs to back up my files. I've heard 2000 doesn't have this capability.