Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 10:30:19 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 Install Win98SE pro and con?
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:10:09 -0800 (PST) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Only reason I use 98se? USB on the L110. If I had an older Libretto, 98 >would go out the door for W98B, which uses about half the disk space for an >install, and boots/runs faster & lighter than 98/98se. W98B... huh... that's new to me. >Since the L110 is currently fast enough to do IE 5.5 SP2 decently, haven't >yet ripped it out with 98lite.net's program. If I was running an older >Libretto, esp. anything around 100Mhz, I'd rip IE right out in exchange for >Opera or Netscape 4.xx, and probably run just win95. Hmmm... I thought we went through putting IE 5.5 on this L70 a month or two back. All the replies I got point to its working well on a L70. >Haven't tried it on Librettos, but 98lite on a 100Mhz desktop PC at >work >makes even w98 run very well with IE ripped out completely. And interesting option to keep in mind if things slow down. >Of course, can't hurt to try it. Just remember to backup the entire HD >with a good program like symantec.com ghost or powerquest.com drive image >and you'll be fine. Yeah... Ghost's saved a lot of reloading hassles in the past. Will definately run it after I do the OS installation. >Ranish Partition Manager, Partition Magic, System Commanders and others >will let you setup the second primary partition on your HD and let you >switch between the two (or more. PM has been great at resizing my 2nd partition when I've found I've needed more space on one side or the other. >I do remember that on my overclocked to 100Mhz L50 that the base W95/J > >install with the Toshiba apps and all was just about all I was willing to >sacrifice to the OS. Any newer OS would simply be too slow and sluggish >for me, and I'd just hate having to run it like that. Oh... "tosh apps"! This time I'd better remember to reinstall the sound drivers. Remember that long thread I had a year or more back on "No sound in DOS", where it turned out that even though people said the drivers wouldn't effect sound in DOS... installing them was finally got the sound going?! >eg. right now with IE 5.5, Notepad, Explorer, Wireless modem software, >Bluekite, and a few other toolbar icons loaded, the L110 already says >it >has used up all the RAM and swapped out 25MB to disk under w98se A long time ago I learned I didn't need 99% of the apps that insist on being loaded at boot and sit in system tray, and just sit there doing nothing, sucking power. The only thing I have running there is the volume control, which doesn't need to be there either. Especially no virus software as has been pointed out recently. I think I'm one of few people who had no problem running MusicMatch 4.0 running pretty well (as long as I didn't do anything else) on my 50CT! Whenever something pops up in the system try, I run msconfig and turn it off. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
