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Originally posted by Slavakion
...So I was wondering if you had any suggestions for an OS.
...Should I go with 95, 98, 98 SE, ME, or 2000?...
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The semi-obvious answer is to use whichever one is already licensed on the computer, since you already have the restore media for it.
That being said, it's certainly fast enough to handle XP. The Microsoft requirements and others' recommendations generally list CPU speed, memory, and disk space, and stop there. If you have a slow hard disk (or worse yet a slow controller), or an ancient graphics card, you aren't going to enjoy running a more modern OS version.
It can be presumed that this machine has a Duron/Athlon/P!!!/Celeron CPU. Popular motherboard chipsets from that vintage include i440bx (udma33, discrete graphics, aging), i810 (udma100, integrated graphics, decent), i815 (udma100, integrated, speedy), SiS 620 (udma 66, integrated, constipated), and Via Apollo (udma 66, integrated, decent).
Obviously happier hardware will make for a happier experience.