Possible new player a few questions

[Bonderd]

Hello,
I am very intrested in joining the glory days of eq. I stopped playing when luclin came out, i recently just tryed the new free version and cant stand it. Anyways a little research lead me to here. Just wondering if the server is popular enough to support new players? Also are the graphics the original? I hope they are and not the newer luclin kind. One last question, would my laptop be able to run this. Intel core 2 duo 2.0ghz, 2gb ram, windows xp sp3 and x3100 graphics. I dont think it would be an issue but ya never know. Thanks everyone!