Wow? Chance Would Be a Fine Thing

Starters: my laptop is old. It's Sony circa 2001. Let me just say the following words:

-Celeron
-CDROM drive
-Windows ME

So I need a new laptop. But I can put up with it as it is as PC Gaming I don't bother with anymore (too much hassle with all those 3D cards and such) and all I really need or want to do it can run fine.

But that last issue, Windows ME, is causing me some serious pain right about now. Because seemingly every new program wants XP as a minimum; I can't watch the latest QT trailers or use iTunes, I can't install the newest ZoneAlarm, that free Office 2007 offer? XP only.

And all that I could deal with but now I find out that Google Toolbar, Google Toolbar for Heaven's sake, won't install as I don't currently run XP! If I can install Firefox2 why can't I install Google Toolbar?

Grrr.