Do you honestly think that the security of that place is so crap that two people got in and spray painted... I mean comeon.. look at the spraypaint, it glides on much fast than normal...
Try looking for a new PC in about err.. say a years time, get it then, vista will have some patches done, and you'll know what hardware will run IMHO anyways
Do what natively? I don't think any OS that I've ever known or have come across that can connect and view/control another computer without either VNC or remote desktop or its derivitives!
Huh? I second that... HUH? You'd probably want to install SP2... Why would SP2 be out if people still use SP1??... Even thought I'm an avid unix user, I use XP at work and I've had absolutely no trouble at all with SP2