yah.. even if you go to simlim these days to put together a
powerful computer, part of the price will be original xp..
it's even more in australia..
they do not want to lose their trading license...
anyway, here's the thing with windoze.. it's been 5 years since the
release of XP... they're still finding "critical faults" and still
patching it..
you can have the greatest specs on your PC ever, but it's still
hampered buy crap OS...
but for a normal user, don't go with stuff like Dell or HP... they
sell crap...
fix your own.. or if you want a notebook, go look up the
lesser-known brands (which are well-known by people who know) like
Asus which make kick-ass notebooks...
mostly, don't be sold by how "good it looks"...