Region madness is killing me

Over and over and over again.   

I actually tried streaming it from my PC to my Mac and it works, but my connection is not fast enough so the images get chopped up.  

I have a Taiwanese Windows XP (don't ask) loaded into my now Frankenstein Mac and it has caused my machine to hang five times already.  Neither VLC nor AVS works in my Taiwanese Windows XP (with SP1A)—I'm not surprised.  Need a bona fide Windows XP disc, or I may have to buy an external DVD drive, which I don't want to, because I am spending way too much money on work clothes and comics already.

Like I said earlier, region madness is killing me.