G2/XP/Laptop?
I'm running G2 on my Gateway (Moo!) Laptop. Win XP Home, 1.06 Gig Mhz, 382 Meg Ram, Direct X 8.1, NVIDIA GeForce2 Go with 32 meg on video.
I use the old serial interface.
Everything works great and I can have everything turned on. You need video card horsepower more than anything.