Got my new system...What O/S you overclockers running
30 January 2002, 02:35 PM
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My bits turned up today, so I'll be busy bolting it all together tonight 
Just wondered what the preferred OS to run amoungst all you power crazed overclockers
Tempted to go with XP, but may settle with the tried and tested Win2000. What you you think?
John
Just wondered what the preferred OS to run amoungst all you power crazed overclockers
Tempted to go with XP, but may settle with the tried and tested Win2000. What you you think?
John
30 January 2002, 02:53 PM
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DJ yeah I run Win2K on my existing PC, no probs, and run XP Pro on my Compaq Armada Laptop no probs either!
I might well go for XP, I think it might be a case of which ever CD I can find first
I might well go for XP, I think it might be a case of which ever CD I can find first
30 January 2002, 04:06 PM
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Didn't like Win2k at all, was totally unstable on my Toshiba laptop 
Went bak to win98 on that one and XP pro on the desktop, had no problems with XP, except having to sell off just about every piece of hardware I own cos it's not compatible 
Went bak to win98 on that one and XP pro on the desktop, had no problems with XP, except having to sell off just about every piece of hardware I own cos it's not compatible
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30 January 2002, 08:13 PM
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Win2k Pro is most excellent, but now I run XP Pro and it kicks mucho ***.
I spent the day hitting my computer with a large hammer and spraying the insides with extra virgin olive oil and its STILL works a treat.
I say WinXP Pro - but watch out for Microsoft peeping on you.
-DV
I spent the day hitting my computer with a large hammer and spraying the insides with extra virgin olive oil and its STILL works a treat.
I say WinXP Pro - but watch out for Microsoft peeping on you.
-DV
31 January 2002, 01:31 AM
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Solaris? What a bag of crap. Very powerful I agree, but so does your knowledge need to be. If you want to spend your time farting about with it then cool, but if you just want a PC to play games, surf the web do various stuff and get lots of decent free/shareware, get Win2K or XP. XP has a more usable front end with some nice features.
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Can you play CS on a linux machine - no - nuff said
I ran Win2K Pro which was pretty reliable but a bit slow to boot. I now dual boot with XP Pro which is much better and boots super quick. Only problem Ive found is that XP doesnt like talking to other OS's when u go to a mates LAN etc. Connectivity is fine via icmp etc but filesharing is a b*tch and playing older games like RA2 and Duke 3d over IPX just doesnt want to happen - admittedly there is probably an easy fix but I just want to get on with the gaming so use Win2k instead.
I ran Win2K Pro which was pretty reliable but a bit slow to boot. I now dual boot with XP Pro which is much better and boots super quick. Only problem Ive found is that XP doesnt like talking to other OS's when u go to a mates LAN etc. Connectivity is fine via icmp etc but filesharing is a b*tch and playing older games like RA2 and Duke 3d over IPX just doesnt want to happen - admittedly there is probably an easy fix but I just want to get on with the gaming so use Win2k instead.
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