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Win2000 or Win98
Name: LeFtBehinD Date: April 27, 2004 at 23:08:50 Pacific OS: WinXp Pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.4Ghz, 1Gb Ram
Comment:
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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Name: uselessmitch Date: April 28, 2004 at 00:32:12 Pacific
Reply:
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
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Response Number 2
Name: LeFtBehinD Date: April 28, 2004 at 00:52:34 Pacific
Reply:
cool, i think ill go with the fresh Win2k install.
Thanks..
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Response Number 3
Name: foxxkat Date: April 28, 2004 at 01:39:41 Pacific
Reply:
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.
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Response Number 4
Name: trvlr Date: April 28, 2004 at 15:24:05 Pacific
Reply:
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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