Bootup/Shutdown (in seconds)
| OS | Bootup | Shutdown |
| Windows XP Professional | 34 | 9 |
| Windows 2000 | 57 | 9 |
| Windows ME | 35 | 3 |
Benchmarking
| OS | Word 2000 | Access 2000 | Notes 5 | Photoshop 6 | Multitasking |
| Windows XP | 47 | 31 | 2 | 60 | 356 |
| Windows 2000 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 66 | 345 |
| Windows ME | 44 | 36 | 4 | 54 | 355 |
Note: All tests were done on 2 PCs- a Micron Millennia Max XP2 with a 1.4-GHz Athlon, GeForce3 graphics card, and a 60GB hard disk, and an EMachines T1801 with a Celeron-800, integrated Intel i810 graphics, and a 20GB hard disk. Testing on each system was done first with 128MB of RAM, then with 256MB.