To Windows Or Not to WinDoze

I have been running Linux for several years now. I went from windows 3.1 to linux when I felt that Windows 95 was a piece of crap. My new laptop is the first time I've really played with XP. Ya know it's not so bad, games are fun. Putting linux on this thing and have all the cool features work ain't going to be easy. I think a great deal of research is in order.