mane

Newbie to laptops: Buying laptop Pentium 1Ghz, 256 Ram, 30GB HD Laptop to be used for for java programming, lotus smartsuite and for logging onto university network while at work. Two questions: 1. Whats the best OS for this laptop? 2. If I instal Win 2K will I have problems logging on to the university network which uses Win 98SE? Thanks