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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Hardware / Software - So, i got this "clean" computer. |
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Ylle Red Paragoomba                   Since: 11-24-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6376 days Last view: 6376 days |
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| All it has is C:\> prompt and what have command.com or whatever it is.
what should i install on it? its a P3 500mhz with 128 meg ram. Im no Hi-definition gamer... so um, what should i do with it? I was thinking something with linux and the sorts... (edited by Ylle on 12-10-05 10:54 AM) |
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Deleted User Banned     Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6328 days |
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| You can install Windows 98, Windows Me or Windows 2000. But If you are thinking about Linux, i suggest Red Hat Linux. | |||
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drizzt do'urden Red Paragoomba Since: 12-08-05 From: Oregon Last post: 6727 days Last view: 6727 days |
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| You can actually run Win XP on it if you wanted to. But I would advise upgradeing your memory to at least 256 for that. If you want to try something new I would try "Ubuntu"
it's a new OS base on linux and so far I like it pretty well. |
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Zem Permabanned. Flaming, trolling, reregistering. Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6651 days Last view: 6651 days |
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| I had a 550MHz P3 with Windows XP for a long time. It could play Diablo 2 and barely Warcraft 3. I had 320 megs of RAM though. | |||
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drizzt do'urden Red Paragoomba Since: 12-08-05 From: Oregon Last post: 6727 days Last view: 6727 days |
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| Yea when I was volunteering for a non profit group called computers 2 kids I was working with P3 450 with 256mg's of memory. They were running XP pro plust a whole bunch of things that were lagging them down hardcore.
I think that 600-650 mhz is the least you should have when going for XP. But you never know you might get lucky and find a P1 with XP on it like I did =D |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6328 days |
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| Yes both are right, but Windows Xp doesnt work fine with 128 MB RAM. Unless that you CPU would be 1 GHZ. | |||
Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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Go with Windows 2000, it's perfect for a such system. Windows 2000 with the latest SP is not too far from being Win XP.  |
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Nebetsu Mole  Since: 11-17-05 From: WarKoL Last post: 6341 days Last view: 6341 days |
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| If you shut off all the eye candy, then Windows XP will work well on it. I had it running on a 400MHz machine with 128MB of ram and a crappy mobo a while back. Also: Ubuntu is lame. Debian is the way to go. | |||
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drizzt do'urden Red Paragoomba Since: 12-08-05 From: Oregon Last post: 6727 days Last view: 6727 days |
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Originally posted by Nebetsu Ive never tried but I will soon tho when I find it. also im using Windows 2000 Pro on my machine.. I love it. It has the best out of Win 98 and Xp combined in my opinion. 
But all i have to say is dont use Windows ME. Trust me on that one.. |
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Nebetsu Mole Since: 11-17-05 From: WarKoL Last post: 6341 days Last view: 6341 days |
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| Yeah... ME is garbage... My mom has it on her computer because she wanted to be up to date... >> Even though everyone else in the house advised her not to... >> Anyways: It's garbage. Absolute garbage. Worst OS EVER! | |||
Gavin Cheep-cheep Vandalism is not tolerated Since: 11-17-05 From: IL, USA Last post: 6405 days Last view: 6348 days |
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Originally posted by drizzt do'urden If you were to decide to go with Ubuntu, I'd recommend Xubuntu instead. Basically Ubuntu + XFCE, which is a great and simple way to boost your performance. |
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Nebetsu Mole Since: 11-17-05 From: WarKoL Last post: 6341 days Last view: 6341 days |
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| Debian + Fluxbox = Awesome. Debian is so configurable and you won't screw it up by updating it (I still hate Ubuntu because of that... Grrrr...) | |||
FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos  Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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Yeah, go with Debian, Ubuntu isn't anywhere near as good as its parent  |
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Gavin Cheep-cheep Vandalism is not tolerated Since: 11-17-05 From: IL, USA Last post: 6405 days Last view: 6348 days |
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Originally posted by Nebetsu that's never happened to me before. And I guess it all depends on how experienced you are. I've always been a programmer and have been blissfully ignorant of hardware issues, combine that with the fact that I'm still a new linux user? I don't want to configure every mundane detail. I just want the benefits of GNU/Linux in an easy to install and mantain manner. |
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