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| Thread ID: 70440 | 2006-07-03 22:17:00 | Old computers and their OS | mantermite (9652) | Press F1 |
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| 468246 | 2006-07-04 18:47:00 | . Although Windows 3.1 is older than Windows XP it still boots faster... Funny thing, that. Absolute rubbish. Last time I used 3.1 boot time was in the 2/3 minute range. XP boots in 23 seconds. (I've just checked it). |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 468247 | 2006-07-04 21:06:00 | Looks like Debian distros are they thing I'm looking for. And DSL (Damn Small Linux), just to see what they have in it. I'm honestly not considering something like 95 or 3.1 too old for my liking. Thanks for your help, resources shouldn't be too bad as these computers will have at least 192 sdram a yamaha sound card and some graphics card. So they can take a bit of hardship. Win98 runs fine on them, so we shall see. Cheers folks. |
mantermite (9652) | ||
| 468248 | 2006-07-05 02:36:00 | Although Windows 3.1 is older than Windows XP it still boots faster... Funny thing, that. Absolute rubbish. Last time I used 3.1 boot time was in the 2/3 minute range. XP boots in 23 seconds. (I've just checked it). Actually... My 2.01 ghz pc with 512 meg ram boots xp in around 50 seconds but takes around 2 minuites to load fully... Windows 3.1 on a 100mhz pc with 8mb ram (compaq contura 430c) takes around a miunuite if scandisk dosent run. to run xp you only need this: • PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended • 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) • 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space* • Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor • CD-ROM or DVD drive • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device your pc might be able to andle it |
techiekid (7219) | ||
| 468249 | 2006-07-05 03:07:00 | [QUOTE=techiekid]Actually... My 2.01 ghz pc with 512 meg ram boots xp in around 50 seconds but takes around 2 minuites to load fully... Windows 3.1 on a 100mhz pc with 8mb ram (compaq contura 430c) takes around a miunuite if scandisk dosent run. My Athlon64 x 2, 4200+ with 2 gigs of ram fully loads in 35 seconds. It would load quicker if Nod32 didn't have a nose around before router is loaded. A PC Direct DX-2 50 with 8 megs and no modem or anti-virus, that I once had, loaded in a fast 3 and a half minutes. (And it was sold as The Dream Machine). |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 468250 | 2006-07-05 03:31:00 | to run xp you only need this: • PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended Aha. MSs recommendation. No doubt you could but it would run like a crippled sloth. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 468251 | 2006-07-05 03:45:00 | Aha. MSs recommendation. No doubt you could but it would run like a crippled sloth. How does a crippled sloth run? Don't you dare say "with great difficulty" or I'll scream. :D :D |
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