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hey guys..
Quick question. Wat OS would u recommend for a Celeron 400mhz, with 380mb of Ram, and a 4Gb HD (HD could be upgraded).
It would only be used for word processing and some small flash and photshop work, NO GAMES
Win2000 or Win98? and why?
Thanks heaps..
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Asus P4P800S mb
P4 2.4Ghz (800Mhz)
1Gb DDR 400Mhz Ram
Geforce FX 5600 128mb

W2k....
windows 2000 compared to 98 is revolutionary... its like the 95 from a 3.1
The security of w2k is amazing (NTFS technology). stability is amazing.
although you can tweak a 98 much more then a w2k is stability is horrible... as you may knoiw the Blue screen of death appears often... well it never appears on a 2k machine
better use of your processor as well

cool, i think ill go with the fresh Win2k install.
Thanks..
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Asus P4P800S mb
P4 2.4Ghz (800Mhz)
1Gb DDR 400Mhz Ram
Geforce FX 5600 128mb

i've ben using win98 for yrs.. and juz trying out win2k now. since last week. and i think win2k is much mor stable, altho i miss the ability to tweak the hella out of os. :)
enjoy.

Just ensure you that this system is OK for W2K and you have all required drivers for W2K - before you start installing W2K...
Ideally check with the web-site for MoBo/bios etc. for updates and so on. Also wise(?) to run the W2K chkupgrd.exe util; this latter item vets the system as is and produces a report on what is/isn't OK for W2K installation.
A larger hard-drive would most definitely be advisable... W2K + apps/utils will prefer "a little more space..."

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ftp alternate port
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dual hard drive?
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