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What do you recommend?

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 18:16
by CombatGold1
Hi, I have a bunch of operating systems and I want you all to say what you recommend. Here are my computer specifacations:

1600 MHz AMD Athlon CPU.
256 MB of DDR Ram.
20GB Hard Disk.
52x CD-ROM Drive.
8x R, 4xRW, 32xRead CD Drive.
2x 1.44MB Floopy Disk Drives.
nVidia GeForce 2 MX400 (64 MB, AGP 4X) graphics card.
Creative SoundBlaster LIVE 5.1 sound card.
56k Dial-Up Internet Connection.
USB Optical Mouse.
PS2 Standard 102-Key Keyboard.

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 18:30
by Omnislash
Since your not on a network I'd say xp home. Its the best os microsoft have at the mo and with the high specs there won't be any incompatability.

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 19:04
by CombatGold1
I am on a network, a small network but I'm on one.

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 22:17
by Observer
XP pro of course... the next best thing is linux...

In my opinion XP is THE best windows version ever created.. 8)

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 23:02
by Omnislash
Suppose you could use pro then. Other than the colour do you accually know the difference though?

Posted: 28 Dec 2002 23:14
by CombatGold1
I do, PRO is for more administrative things, HOME is more user friendly and it sets up A LOT of things for you.

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 07:53
by spaceman-spiff
I said XP pro, but i just hope you will buy it
Bill needs the money badly :mrgreen:

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 10:11
by sultana
spaceman-spiff wrote:I said XP pro, but i just hope you will buy it
Bill needs the money badly :mrgreen:
Lol, yeah bill needs money :mrgreen:
I said XP Home... cause it's what i have :roll: :P

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 13:06
by CombatGold1
Well bill can f*** off.

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 14:58
by Observer
sultana wrote:
spaceman-spiff wrote:I said XP pro, but i just hope you will buy it
Bill needs the money badly :mrgreen:
Lol, yeah bill needs money :mrgreen:
I said XP Home... cause it's what i have :roll: :P
You know that if bill was unable to give money away... he would not be able of spending all his money in his lifetime..

but I heard hes doing some charity... (<--right word?)

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 15:01
by sultana
Observer wrote:You know that if bill was unable to give money away... he would not be able of spending all his money in his lifetime..

but I heard hes doing some charity... (<--right word?)
You know when i heard that, it remined me of the "cadbury drumstick royal" ad :mrgreen: You know, "Finding new ways to spend ones money money can be frightfully tiresome..."

And btw, charity's the right word :roll:

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 17:35
by CombatGold1
Windows has bugs in because Microsoft put them there, and then they sell new versions to make more money.

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 18:09
by Buibo
If you werent going to play anything i'd say linux, but since you are use either xp pro or win2k... never ever get that home edition since its just a stripped down piece of s***.

And well, win9x is just outdated nowdays.

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 19:07
by CombatGold1
I'm on Win2k at moment, I suppose WinXP Pro would be my other option, but I don't wanna buy it.

Posted: 29 Dec 2002 19:21
by Omnislash
Pro is much better. I need to update update one of my pcs to pro. Came with home :x

Posted: 30 Dec 2002 12:21
by orudge
CombatGold1 wrote:I'm on Win2k at moment, I suppose WinXP Pro would be my other option, but I don't wanna buy it.
All you have to do is *cough* obtain *cough* the *cough* corporate version. ;)

Posted: 30 Dec 2002 12:40
by sordid
Buibo wrote:If you werent going to play anything i'd say linux, but since you are use either xp pro or win2k... never ever get that home edition since its just a stripped down piece of s***.

And well, win9x is just outdated nowdays.
I play quake3, warcraft 3, unreal tournament 2k3, TTD, and a few other games in linux... Better than XP sometimes, especially if its written for linux.

Posted: 30 Dec 2002 12:42
by sordid
orudge wrote:
CombatGold1 wrote:I'm on Win2k at moment, I suppose WinXP Pro would be my other option, but I don't wanna buy it.
All you have to do is *cough* obtain *cough* the *cough* corporate version. ;)
You seem to have a bad cough there owen?

Posted: 30 Dec 2002 13:16
by orudge
Yes, indeed. :mrgreen:

Posted: 30 Dec 2002 14:51
by CombatGold1
Very funny, I haven't downloaded illegal software for ages, I've git everything I want :lol: