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Originally posted by biznology i dont have XP, i actually have a copy of 2k that i have yet to install - dont wanna lose my music on accident! im running 98, and it has its issues. my main beef with XP is just that its typical Microsoft. sure, everythings integrated and all that, but it also requires 256MB+ memory to run, and has all that multimedia integration crap that isnt really necessary if you know how to set up 98...its really just a ploy to make people buy faster processors and more memory. as for whoever said people that dont like XP are computer illiterate - i would argue the opposite. i have problems occasionally, but i know how to deal with them, and they are never huge. i look at XP like i look at Macs after the new Explorer i have on here. i checked the wrong button somewhere and now all the movies pop up in some tiny ass, annoying window in another window and i cant control them. its just some dumb ass programmer thinking im an idiot who cant control Media Player, so i need Windows to do it for me. thats fucking annoying. sorry, im not defensive, i just got off on a tangent! basically i dont give a fuck...my OS runs fine, isnt a mac - and anyone who is 'supposedly' computer literate woldnt be running Windows in the first place...late/

Add to that incompatibility of older hardware with custom drivers (such as my digitizer and laser printer) and you'll have the reason why I prefer to keep Linux & 2000.

If you ask me XP IS A PIECE OF SH..; why because this lousy OS has no compatible drivers for my 3dfx Voodoo card. It uses a generic driver that kicks glide in the nuts and only lets u use direct 3d, which in my opinion suck big time. That is the only reason I had to move back to 2k pro.

However I think that XP is way better and has some really cool things like the switch option that lets U swith between accounts without closing other users up amon other features.......

they have unofficial drivers for your voodoo at www.x3dfx.com u know. since they got bought by nvidia u cant get any support for your 3dfx card.

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Originally posted by biznology it also requires 256MB+ memory to run, and has all that multimedia integration crap that isnt really necessary if you know how to set up 98...its really just a ploy to make people buy faster processors and more memory.

$|-|lT is it true that you need 256mb memory??
if you think 128mb memory is bad, im on 48mb atm

i wanna upgrade my pc, ive currently got pentium celeron, 300mhz, 48mb ram, 6 GB hard drive ( ) with a voodoo 3 card i added and a sony cd-rw i added
problem is there are no decent puter shops here, can someone recommend what sort of spec i should be aiming for, i only wanna spend around £800-900. anyone know any websites i can browse for good puters with different brands and good selection?
many thanks

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i got my AMD thunderbird 1.3G, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, GeForce 2 64 MB TIVX PURE, SB LIVE, Sony 24/10/44 CDR and a nice mobo etc for about £600-700. the best idea is to go to a wholesaler rather then a big company that puts the computer together. me and my friend went down to Pacific Mall (aka Little Asia) and put together my system by buying each individual part and putting it together. big companies usually give you shit namebrands and quality. i got all top of the line stuff, and it was cheaper then going to some big wig retailer. prices drop faster with wholesalers when newer stuff comes out, so now you should be able to get something comparable to my system for cheaper

"Retail is for suckers" - Kosmo Kramer I

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XP is not a problem as long as u dont use ur computer for much, like if u only use it for using office, games, etc.. and dont install to much stuff on it. Also i have found if ur system is not so generic then there's where the problem comes in when i had xp i formatted my pc like 3 times and it still wouldnt function correctly that is with al the patches, updates, etc, then i switch back to win2k and its ten times faster. As for xp needin 256mb of ram that's not true and win2k has better utilization of ram/processor.
Anyways XP is ur regular winME just wait and see after a year using it u might reconsider

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

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Originally posted by dj ZevZ If you ask me XP IS A PIECE OF SH..; why because this lousy OS has no compatible drivers for my 3dfx Voodoo card.

I feel your pain...but I'm getting the GeForce4 Ti4200 very soon so that will fix my problems

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XP is troublesome.
Some of the older peripheral device not supported at all (from anywhere... not from manufacturer or not from MS)
so you can't use it.
Much more buggy using software or hardware than win98 or some other windows.
on various computers CD recorder, scanner had problem working under XP.
XP takes more resource therefore not nicely slow on older machine.

Comparably if the computer is fast and have no part that gives any problem then XP should be good.

Last edited by Fin.K.L on Apr-25-2002 at 04:35

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Originally posted by Damo i got my AMD thunderbird 1.3G, 512 MB DDR SDRAM, GeForce 2 64 MB TIVX PURE, SB LIVE, Sony 24/10/44 CDR and a nice mobo etc for about £600-700. the best idea is to go to a wholesaler rather then a big company that puts the computer together. me and my friend went down to Pacific Mall (aka Little Asia) and put together my system by buying each individual part and putting it together. big companies usually give you shit namebrands and quality. i got all top of the line stuff, and it was cheaper then going to some big wig retailer. prices drop faster with wholesalers when newer stuff comes out, so now you should be able to get something comparable to my system for cheaper "Retail is for suckers" - Kosmo Kramer I

thanks damo
that sounds good, i hope theres a wholesaler around here
(i doubt there is)

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