Hello, All.   
      
   I've got a nice older IBM Thinkcentre computer sitting here that I'd like to   
   use as my ham shack computer.  It's a 3.2gHz machine with 2GB of RAM and would   
   be great for doing digital stuff on.   
      
   The reason for this is that the computer uses the Intel "Extreme Graphics"   
   chip which is only properly supported under XP.  There is no support from   
   later versions of Windows due to changes in Windows' video support.  I also   
   need the DOS support for a few things I use.  I program my Motorola radios   
   using DOSbox which works much better than XP's DOS emulator going through HAL.   
      
   I have several legal copies of XP including one from Dreamspark that is   
   registered directly to me, so being legal isn't a problem.   
      
   What I'm wondering is would XP be safe enough to run it as a ham shack machine?   
      
   I don't visit any weird sites on that machine, mainly only using the Internet   
   with DX Lab Suite accessing QRZ.com and HamQTH.com for logging purposes.   
      
   Your thoughts?   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.   
   --- GoldED/2 3.0.1   
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