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Postby Brsrk » Sun May 25, 2003 6:04 pm

I've been debating on upgrading to Windows XP Pro from Windows 98se and one thing keeps poping into my mind: will my encoding slow down?

I have the feeling that this will be asked also...

Pentium 2 333 MHz
384 mb RAM

The minimum stuff for XP is just a 233 processor, 300 recommended and some amount of RAM that doesn't matter to me because I have enough...

Need to solve this quandry X_x
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Postby Veldrin » Sun May 25, 2003 6:10 pm

Dew it. Also get that gay pic out of your sig. Thanks.
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Postby Brsrk » Sun May 25, 2003 6:12 pm

Veldrin wrote:Dew it. Also get that gay pic out of your sig. Thanks.


*gives veldrin daily dose of candy*

I shall comply, I'm making a new one anyways...
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Postby Lyrs » Sun May 25, 2003 6:22 pm

XP is a resource hog.

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Postby yuppa » Sun May 25, 2003 6:51 pm

XP=X-TREMELY POOR! it eats up hardrive space and slows you down. :)
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Postby Otohiko » Sun May 25, 2003 9:53 pm

I'd say stick with 98. XP simply wasn't made for that generation of computers. And even so, I'm sticking with 98 even on my new rig... forever until Bill Gates makes an OS that's actually better.
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Postby Lyrs » Sun May 25, 2003 9:56 pm

lets hook you up with Linux, BrsrkEva. :D

you might like it.

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Postby Brsrk » Mon May 26, 2003 12:24 am

What's it like? I've heard it somewhat like DOS (the coding and such), but you can run different things from it, like you can run an OS through Linux (can't remember from who, but they said it worked)

Also, if I can buy it, where can I get it and for how much, and if I can download it, PM me a good site to get it from (or AIM, I'm usually on all the time, except I'm only on 3-10 pm on weekdays until June 11, then I'll be on basically whenever)

I've heard things about Linux that are good and things about XP that are good, but now that someone mentioned Linux, I will have to investigate it.
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Postby Lyrs » Mon May 26, 2003 12:43 am

I here tha Linux is actually pretty good. It's open source so there's bound to be lots of nice things people can create for it. and unlike windows, it's free and doesn't have all the privacy issue shat.

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Postby Otohiko » Mon May 26, 2003 9:49 am

I would switch to Linux, for sure, but that would mean learning a whole new system - and I mean I'm just a basic user, there's little that I need beyond what Windows 98 already has.

Still, if you're willing to get into something different yet more reliable - I would recommend Linux wholeheartedly.
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Postby trythil » Mon May 26, 2003 10:24 am

Otohiko wrote:I would switch to Linux, for sure, but that would mean learning a whole new system - and I mean I'm just a basic user, there's little that I need beyond what Windows 98 already has.

Still, if you're willing to get into something different yet more reliable - I would recommend Linux wholeheartedly.


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It's only more reliable, faster, etc. if you know what you're doing.

GNU/Linux boxes are fickle. They'll outperform and outlast a Windows box easily -- but only if you configure it properly. (Otherwise, they will fall apart.) To achieve that takes a lot of research, time (although it does take less time as you get more familiar with the system), and -- many would say -- insanity.

The same can be said for a Windows machine*, of course, but you don't hear it make the news as often with GNU/Linux machines, for some reason. Maybe it's because there's just more Windows installations out there. (I know for a fact that poorly configured UNIX boxes are not less prevalent than poorly configured Windows boxes. If anything, I'd say their numbers are about the same.)

I mean, If you want stability and security out-of-the-box, go use OpenBSD...

...but yeah. Choose whatever you want to choose, but what you do choose, be sure you know how to use it. I run Gentoo on my desktop and Windows XP on a laptop, and both run just fine.


* How do you think all those IIS and MS SQL Server boxes got compromised?
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Postby Brsrk » Mon May 26, 2003 12:43 pm

I looked at a few linux things (red hat mostly) and I'd spend atleast a month downloading them all! Dialup is bad, and if Linux works, I might use it, I might stay with 98se, and XP might just take over (or God help my soul)... If Linux is anything like Windows (I mean the getting around it without even thinking), then I might get it...
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Postby trythil » Mon May 26, 2003 12:55 pm

BrsrkEva wrote: If Linux is anything like Windows (I mean the getting around it without even thinking), then I might get it...


From a user's perspective, it is nothing like Windows.
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Postby kmv » Mon May 26, 2003 3:58 pm

UNIX is good, and in general all the Linux distributions are good (and you don't have to download it you can just buy a CD), however if all you have ever used is Win98 then you would be in for a shock. Even though the UNIX desktop GUIs are pretty good you would still find that you have a steep learning curve.

XP is a totally different beast compared to Win98; it is much more stable and in general much more capable. However its disk and RAM needs are quite a bit heavier than 98 and while it will run fine in 384Mb you will be up against your own swap whenever you do something big or fancy - such as video editing. An upgrade to 512Mb at the same time would be advisable.

It is also worth noting that not every tool you are used to on Windows will have a Unix equivalent, and I'm willing to bet that most of the Linux users here are running dual boot computers with Linux and either XP or Win2k.


Conclusion and recommendation? Well, I'd definitely get off 98, and if you're up for the learning curve then go for a dual boot, if you're not then just XP. Both options would benefit form more RAM though.
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Postby trythil » Mon May 26, 2003 5:38 pm

kmv wrote:It is also worth noting that not every tool you are used to on Windows will have a Unix equivalent, and I'm willing to bet that most of the Linux users here are running dual boot computers with Linux and either XP or Win2k.


That might be better phrased "not every tool you are used to on Windows will have a direct analog on UNIX". I've yet to find something that I can't do on a UNIX box that I can't do on a Windows machine, but sometimes it definitely requires a different way of thinking.
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