yup meaning you can use linux to work on files on your windows partition but nit the other way around so files you want on windows and linux must be on the ntfs partition or a seprate fat32/ntfs partiton in a shared partition 9kinda pointless but i have done it just to keep organized )

well depending on the linux os which you chose mint i would say thats more than enough although i have never used mint it supposedly not that large as well

the only problem i have had with partitioning is not defragging first and making sure what im partitioning is all free space making windows freak at next boot cause files were moved and other stupid things like that. i think we all would suggest gparted for partitioning which has a nice gui and is relatively easy to use as long as you understand the words it has on it (like logical partition primary ect)

and no any harddrive/stargae device can be partitioned from a hdd to a sd card so no special hdd needed

and agreed a lot of linux apps have not great documentation but i have also seen the many apps that have had better documentation than windows/mac so i guess it luck of the draw X.x

more or less (i didnt follow the tutorial and went on my own as well.......worked for me )

awsome will keep in mind
 /me adds ap to his yahoo when he remebers

i know some java and vb

i can kinda interperate z80 asm
(alot of it goes over my head but i understand it enough that i can decipher snippits of it)

i plan on learning java script and php for webdesign as well they seem usefull

awsome dude thats great to here

(what os you getting with it ??)

wow looks epicand i agree evasion is more pain than its worth granted it may save you but i have had cases in ff2 for example where i get permanently stuck in a dungeon because i cant hit the enemies X.x

yeah i love win7 alot but ive seen a lot of incompatabiilities with older games and emulaotors as well

the main thing i would look out for though is that it doenst support unsigned drivers with out you chosing a option at boot it will just bsod other wise or somthing to that extent

sys dirs are very different and yeah it will have trouble finding this exspecially with older applications

in my opinion there really is no reason to upgrade from xp to windows 7 Xp still runs a bit smother and has a ton less nusances than 7 but there both good

if i think of any thing else ill let you know