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| Thread ID: 121167 | 2011-10-14 06:52:00 | Windows XP Sp3 versus Windows 7 | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1237532 | 2011-10-18 02:07:00 | What about DOS then? DOS always appeared to load programs fairly fast but programs were not bloated way back then. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1237533 | 2011-10-18 02:48:00 | The two things that I find most useful with W7 are the snipping tool and sticky notes. Both are probably available 3rd party? I preferred ME to 98, used it for a long time. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1237534 | 2011-10-18 02:50:00 | The two things that I find most useful with W7 are the snipping tool and sticky notes. Me too |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1237535 | 2011-10-18 02:59:00 | What about DOS then? ...the good ol 640k barrier... 'extended memory mangers' ... ah the memories :badpc: :badpc: Now If I can tweak it to get that last 20k free..... |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1237536 | 2011-10-18 03:04:00 | And here's (support.microsoft.com) the requirements for Windows 98 (I couldn't find 95 :p). They must have been hand cranked back then :lol: System requirements for installing Windows 95: Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended) 4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended) Typical hard disk space required to upgrade to Windows 95: 35-40 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install. Typical hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean system: 50-55 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install. One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended) support.microsoft.com |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1237537 | 2011-10-18 03:06:00 | The official system requirements for Windows 3.0: 8086/8088 processor or better 384K of free conventional memory (real mode, protected modes require more)[2] Hard disk with 6-7MB of free space CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules/8514/A graphics and an appropriate and compatible monitor MS-DOS version 3.1 or higher[3] Also, a Microsoft-compatible mouse is recommended. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1237538 | 2011-10-18 04:39:00 | The two things that I find most useful with W7 are the snipping tool and sticky notes. Also Aero Snap. Handy when doing assignments. :thumbs: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1237539 | 2011-10-18 06:08:00 | In the days of DOS the programs were small and did not use much in the way of resources. With Windows 7 the programs are much larger and need much more resources but you are able to do a lot more with them. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1237540 | 2011-10-18 21:19:00 | What I remember most about DOS is all the time I spent tweaking autoexec.bat and config.sys to squeeze every last scrap of base memory for games, I had a dos menu with 3 startup options for different memory settings. And then there were the 3 button mice that could never use the middle button for anything, ever. DOS Shell was the first real GUI I ever remember using also, even if it was just a file manager. I still have DOS 6.22 and windows 3.11 floating around on original floppies somewhere, although I think last I tried the disks had read errors. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1237541 | 2011-10-18 21:27:00 | Also Aero Snap. Handy when doing assignments. :thumbs: Same here, i find that immensely useful. If you run win7 on dual screens, I highly recommend displayfusion for some more intense window management, it's great. :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
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