With this You can do Radio programming with ease with 2000 and XP because of the RS-232 serial. The problem is the single USB 1.1 port but the PCMCIA is card-bus capable so a USB card would be a good choice for these. I can play big box pc games with ease and program radios. I recommend to turn on to normal temps and to plug in a mouse because of the restive trackpad. It can be used with gloves and there is no track point or a trackball that’s on it. Overall decent for things as mentioned above