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| Thread ID: 47151 | 2004-07-17 11:49:00 | Rant: Win XP pro/home sucks! | stu120404 (268) | Press F1 |
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| 253045 | 2004-07-18 01:42:00 | >> Stu, Don't blame XP for your poor underspeced computer. If an AMD 2000 is underspeced, then boy, there's alot of "underspeced" pc's out there. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 253046 | 2004-07-18 01:44:00 | Go on Stu, move to Linux. I could suggest you go and buy a Mac but you pay a premium for the privilege :) | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 253047 | 2004-07-18 04:05:00 | Will XP run on my 386SX20 with 6 MB ram and 40MB disk? It runs Linux sweetly. It has been doing that since 1995. :D (I did have to add 2MB of ISA bus memory to make it run ;-)) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 253048 | 2004-07-18 05:11:00 | What Distro Graham? Slackware recommends at least 8MB.... Personally Ive found WinXP fine. I ran it on an Athlon 233Mhz w/64MB Ram. It was definately slower than Win98, but it was more stable on the hardware because of better drivers so it was a tradeoff on this particular laptop. Different story with my Fathers laptop. P2 500Mhz w/ 384MB Ram. Runs DVDs fine in Win98 but they're immensly jerky in WinXP (Even with DMA setup and configured etc). This is probably due to the fact that yes, WinXP does use more system resources than 98. And anything less than an AMD 2000+ Stu? No offense, but where'd you pluck that number from and why so much ram? I know people who happily run it on 800Mhz Durons w/128MB Ram! ...And if a 2000+ is underspec'd ;-) My Athlon XP 1700+ would stay up for weeks on end running Gentoo Linux with litterally 30 apps open. Why close an application when you can leave it open? 6 Virtual Desktops so the taskbar isnt cluttered.... :D Ignorance is bliss...... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 253049 | 2004-07-18 05:22:00 | Stu.... I think its time for you to do a rebuild (format C:\). Windows gets junked up after a while of normal use. If you think 2-3 mins if slow try 10-15 mins of profile loading on win 2k :-D | fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 253050 | 2004-07-18 06:01:00 | Did you upgrade XP over the top of Win ME Stu? If so it should make a big difference if you do a fresh install to wipe out all the detritus from ME. Win XP goes like a bullet after a reformat and reinstall take it from me. ;-) | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 253051 | 2004-07-18 08:13:00 | Goto System Properties > Advanced > Preformance Settings > Visual Effects > Adjust for best preformance, then turn on the bottom two and your computer will preform instantly much faster and still have the feel of XP Rob Will these affect the games I run on my GEforce card? |
taxboy4 (579) | ||
| 253052 | 2004-07-18 12:45:00 | Probally will or might not? hard to answer without trying out, but if they do it will be for the best | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 253053 | 2004-07-18 19:40:00 | I installed XP Pro on a customer's AMD 733 machine with just 128 ram, and it runs very well. Admittedly the only apps they use are Office 2003 and web browser, but they're delighted with it | Greg S (201) | ||
| 253054 | 2004-07-19 05:40:00 | I run XP now on my PIII 500Mhz 192MB RAM and a 4gb hqard drive. It runs beautifully on a clean install. I run Office XP, VB 6, IE, have a 1.5GB music library, play DVDs, and it takes about 10 secs to load my profile. Instant if I use fast user switching. I have no compalints. Before XP I had Win2K which ran about the same. If my computer slows down I just back up to the old 1GHZ Duron (documents and music) and do a format. Runs like new. Actually it runs better than some 1.2Ghz's and stuff. |
george12 (7) | ||
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