Ken,

Is there something faster that also works well I can
use on my old XP system?

That fully depends on what you expect your browser to be
able to do (and as you did not mention that ...)

Gmail, Google News, Google and weather.

Than no. Those are most likely fluffed-up with sh*tloads of javascript,
which makes them slow no matter what you do.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser