I'm going to get my old computer working and give it to my sister. Her crappy old Compaq is very outdated and is on its way out...my old Dell is only somewhat outdated and still works fine.
So....what would be a good OS for it? I don't think it would run WinXP very well, the specs are 10gig HD, 600mHz Celeron, and 128mb RAM. It had WinME on it originally and i still have the install disks, however i really don't want to put that horrible system back on it. I'm thinking maybe Win98, and there is a copy on Seek....any thoughts?
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nsrbb5: your system is fucked up if it is more stable in 98se than winxp. it isnt as prone to virus attacks because its neworking support sucks.
win98, win2k, and winxp should all run ok. win98 sucks compared to the other 2 though. dont throw winxp out because you think its too bloated, if you turn down/off a few settings itll be just as fast as win2k but with better hardware support out of the box. that said, win2k would be great on that system.
again, nrsbb5: you are an asshat for recommending 98 over 2k/xp for stability reasons. i had a pc running winxp catch fire once, but i REALLY dont think that had much to do with the OS. so when i see someone recommend winxp, i dont say "i've had that catch computers on fire, you shouldnt use it" because thats fucking ridiculous.
Yes, about half, no, not exactly half. On all the systems I have installed them on show about half the resources used by the operating system compared to winxp. If you need a little less biased view according to Microsoft WinXp requires 128mb of RAM and 300Mhz cpu. Windows2000 Pro requires 64mb RAM and 133Mhz cpu.
Hell, if you wanna go old school you might as well goto DOS. Now that was a sweet OS. Microsoft did what they do best on that OS, they improved. They didn't create.
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nsrbb5: your system is fucked up if it is more stable in 98se than winxp. it isnt as prone to virus attacks because its neworking support sucks.
yeah, my system was fucked up. it's crashed 3 times since i've upgraded from ME back in 2001 (one upgrade, two total formats). on the first format, i set up a dualboot with 98. granted, i don't use 98 even 1/4 the time i use XP, i have had experience using xp 'back in the day' and never had a crash (don't get me started on ME, though!)
Mee wrote:
win98, win2k, and winxp should all run ok. win98 sucks compared to the other 2 though. dont throw winxp out because you think its too bloated, if you turn down/off a few settings itll be just as fast as win2k but with better hardware support out of the box. that said, win2k would be great on that system.
again, nrsbb5: you are an asshat for recommending 98 over 2k/xp for stability reasons. i had a pc running winxp catch fire once, but i REALLY dont think that had much to do with the OS. so when i see someone recommend winxp, i dont say "i've had that catch computers on fire, you shouldnt use it" because thats fucking ridiculous.
jeesus assfuck chill the hell out
he asked for a recommendation for a crappy old compaq to give to her sister. i assumed her sister didn't know about or use a computer for much, probably a little music, email word, internet browsing etc. maybe download a movie or two. what do you need XP for that for? 98 will suit her fine, can run any program she'll need and <i>probably</i> won't crash as much as XP. sure, 2000 or xp will run fine if you turn down a few settings, but would you expect someone with a second hand rebuilt computer to find those settings, recognize them and know what to turndown and what not to turn down?
damn what's with these fuckers on these forums who get an opinion other than their's and get all postal on them.
"FUCK YOU YOU ARE RETARDED FOR SUGGESTING THAT" blahb albh ablhbalabh
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