11-03-2005, 09:13 PM
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If your considering using Linux, Red Hat 9 is good... new versions such as Fedora use around 3BG, and up to 6GB when everything is installed in the desktop option. Red Hat 9 is generally around 1GB with only the options selected that you need.
Just one thing with Linux, make sure your network card supports it as some are Windows only and you may not realise this. This will prevent you from getting the Internet. Another option is to install Win98 SE and Linux therefore keeping the drivers installed with the Windows partition. I did this on my old 4 GB computer. You need FAT32 to install Boot Magic... since the computer was old it was FAT32 and just Windows, I installed Partition Magic and Boot Magic on the Windows partition before partitioning the disk then installed Linux.... be sure to have a swap file of at least 200MB. As long as all your favourite programs have a way of running on Linux its fine, otherwise run them on Win98 SE  k: |
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17-03-2005, 05:47 AM
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FYI,
I am running XP on a 666MHz Machine with 160 odd megs ram, and it runs fine, not super fast, but fine... That I think would be the bare minimum for XP though... Hey I am even running Visual Studio .NET on that machine... And warcraft III... :Titan: |
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17-03-2005, 12:43 PM
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What about it. It's not great for games, but it is stable and good for work. If this is going to be gaming machine, load 98SE, install SpyBot, update it, select advance mode and clean everything from startap settings (spybot does it nicely, and it tells you what is required and what is optional). If you load AV softare, make sure it's not running all the time, and schedule scans like once a day. This way comp will not respond slow. Do all Win98 updates, and make sure you have some sort of firewall installed. Wihtout running active scan, make sure everything you download, you first check with virus software. This should improve computer speed. |
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17-03-2005, 07:06 PM
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I've worked with all the Windows OSs inside and out. And I can tell you right now:
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL HUMANITY GO WITH 98! If someone wants help with a computer that has ME installes I tell them that to fix their problem they must install a different version of Windows. Heck, Windows 3.1 beats ME in my opinion. |
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17-03-2005, 11:31 PM
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98 - It's like 95 with the problems taken out.
Me - It's like they decided to put them all back in again. FYI: I've a P3-500 that runs XP fine with 128Meg RAM. I wouldn't use it for anything too taxing, but native windows gaming (up to a few years ago) or web surfing are fine |
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18-03-2005, 04:46 AM
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I ran my 666Mhz machine with 128meg ram on ME for three years...
The most frustrating three years of my life!!!  |
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18-03-2005, 12:37 PM
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18-03-2005, 12:40 PM
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you dont really need much cpu power to run XP.. especially if you turn off all the stupid 'eye candy' junk (i turn it off anyway)
i had a friends pc running xp on a crappy 300 mhz BUT with 320mb of ram! |
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