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.. -------------------- 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.. -------------------- 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..."