DUDe, my pc is a1.4Ghz Amd t-bird, and I am running win 2k pro and mandrake 9.2 and I have never had a speed problem with linux, nor have I had crash/reset problems with windows 2k pro either (not sayin anything in support for any previous version of windows because they suck!) a crash/reset or memory dump of windows 2000 may be a indication of hardware problems.
