the resources for 5.0 are if anything less than 4.8, crucially you don’t mention what OS is running on this “very outdated laptop” ?
this is a support forum and guess what the people that have problems come here, but those without problems don’t arrive in their thousands to say they have no problems. That is the nature of a support forum.
I’ve uninstalled 4.8 and used the removal tool to completely rid my computer of the last traces. I’m now installing version 5 and I will let you know in this thread how it’s working for me.
There is a thread somewhere around here where they had alternate voices available. I haven’t seen it in a while though, you’ll have to search around if you’re interested. I agree with you though, but I just disable the sounds.
Whilst it might be running fine it is more vulnerable to attack as a number of security improvements are included in SP3, not to mention vulnerabilities closed.
Be prepared come July this year (I believe) for the end of MS extended support for XP SP2, only XP Sp3 will continue to get support in the form of security updates.