class101, I was wandering what made you say:
"class101 does not recommend Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional" ?

mostly for fun cos I was searching about a laptop longtime ago and I have seen on tons of sites recommending XP and so on :)
+ I do not recommend it personally cos mine OEM pro 32-bit sold with my alienware and present in mostly all laptop is locked because I have reached the maximum activation attempts wich is 2... let's go on unlegit but full package then..