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I have two IBM Thinkpads - an A30 and R40, both Pentium IIIs. The A30 is a juggernaut. The R40 not so much so.

I ran Knoppix Linux for a while, but only in demo mode - I couldn't get it to load onto the HD. So I bought SUSE Linux and it loaded with no problem. It now dual-boots with XP.

The R40 is low on ram (256), but I plan to upgrade it to 512, and also get a 7200 RPM hard drive for it. That should really speed things up on the XP side, which I still need for certain Windows-specific software.

If it weren't for everyone else's (not my own) reliance on Windows, I'd have nothing to do with Microsoft. Any form of Linux seems to be all a person needs for their regular non-game computing.

I also have an 8-year-old Mac Powerbook (Kanga), that refuses to die, though it runs OS 9 reluctantly. That machine is in store for a Mac version of Linux, which I'm currently investigating.