I've purchased a new XP about two years and XP itself is excellent,but don't and I warn you don't buy one made by HP because they take most of the window programs off and add all of their garbage and you can't even back up your files unless you subscribe to a backup company they have a contract with and another thing it doesn't come with a back up and it takes an act of congress to get one and it is 8 disc long and all of their garbage is on it.Louie Roy