XP on an old laptop with 384 MB RAM - anyone done it and how does it work?

[Racer X]

my ex had a p4 1.7 Dull craptop with XP and 384 megs. It was tolerable. I bumped it up to 768, and it helped.

My Dull at work is also a P4 1.7 with XP and 640 megs.