08-04-2005, 10:55 AM
|
#1 | ||
   Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Afrim, Albania
Posts: 2,113
|
I got option to get one of these computers (or it might be more then one
 )P90 P133 P166 All of them are Dell Dimension. Which one would you choose and why? (All of them with 16-32MB memory) |
||
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 11:23 AM
|
#2 | ||
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Leeds, England
Posts: 2,166
|
Depends what you want to use them for, surely.
|
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 11:43 AM
|
#3 | ||
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shella, Kenya
Posts: 1,578
|
Beef on the Bone's remark is fair enough but I would still recommend getting the fastest one. That way you can make a good Dual Boot system with Win98SE and Pure DOS so you can play either older Windows games (that will benefit from the extra Mhz) as well as DOS games that refuse to work under windows (which is, I think, what you want).
__________________
Rabyd Rev -- 2 Timothy 2:15 |
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 11:46 AM
|
#4 | ||
     Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Posts: 664
|
Picard has got the point... Fastest one would be the right choice...
__________________
Blackadder: We're in the stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick Insect got stuck on a sticky bun. |
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 11:57 AM
|
#5 | ||
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Afrim, Albania
Posts: 2,113
|
I already have PCs that are faster and same as slow one.
I got 2 P90, so probably I don't need that one. (except it woudl be nice to have couple of spare parts  )I got one P133 with 64MB of memory and 2GB hard disk (It's not Dell), but I'm using it for firewall. I have one P200 with 5.4GB hard disk and 32MB memory and I got two of P233 (Compaq) which I dislike, as they got some propriatory stuff in them. I will try to get at least one P133 and one P166. I will use this PC with Win95/DOS combination. |
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 12:00 PM
|
#6 | ||
|
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Shella, Kenya
Posts: 1,529
  |
Take the one running at 166, and use it solely for DOS applications, i know i have, and it works great
 k: |
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 12:07 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Afrim, Albania
Posts: 2,113
|
I am not sure, but some old DOS games might already run way to fast on 166.
|
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 12:14 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Shella, Kenya
Posts: 1,529
|
Yes, but only the ones made before the '90s... so to sum up, if you want to play old games made from the 80s to the 90s, then go for the 90 Mhz one, else if you're only interested in the 90' titles, like i am, then go for the 166 one
|
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 12:18 PM
|
#9 | ||
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Afrim, Albania
Posts: 2,113
|
You right, and from older games, I'm interested only in Elite, but that can wait. (I believe it is too fast even on 486)
Will get P166, install DOS on it and I might add Win95, so that I can play Archimedian Dinasty, Privater 2 and Total Anihilation. |
||
|
|
|
|
08-04-2005, 01:10 PM
|
#10 | ||
|
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Shella, Kenya
Posts: 1,529
|
Archimendean dinasty, or however it is spelled, is also available for DOS... i think i got my dos version from the underdogs
k: |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Linear Mode
