For those who care,
a small update on my Acer PC.
I tried out an XP install on the Acer Aspire M3610, which went pretty
smoothly, except for the fact that XP needs some drivers for the
mothereboard which is a MRS600M model.
Alas, Acer does not sup****t XP so they do not offer any drivers that
might help. If any of you know where to find drivers for this mobo,
I'd be a happy camper. Whatever that means!