Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:40:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] What OS('s) to install? Dual-boot also an option?
--- Laszlo Szalai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:15:21 +0100
> From: "Laszlo Szalai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] What OS('s) to install? Dual-boot also an option?
>
> I think Windows 2000 is a good choice I've tried XP but it was slow on
> my 110CT with 64 MB ram.
>
> I can recommend W2K. Fast, Stable you can play Quake too ;-)
I'll second that. W2K has worked well for a lot of Libretto owners. David
Chien (Adorable Libretto) swears by a proper installation of Win98SE as
being stable for him. But hard as I've tried to get a good installation of
it on my Librettos, the various pieces of MP3 software I use a lot
consistently gets W98 to crash. I had a lot better success with stability
in W2K, though I still managed to get it to crash from time to time before
I got a few wrinkles ironed out here and there.
Matt
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/23/2005 4:04:11 PM >>>
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:02:44 +0200
> From: John Niemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: What OS('s) to install? Dual-boot also an option?
>
> I have gone through pretty much every Windows version from 3.1 up to
> XP, on my
> desktop machines, but now I'd like to know which ones are the best for
> a
> Libretto with the following specs;
>
> 233 Mhz cpu, 64Mb RAM (would upgrade to 96 but it's sooo expensive,
> 64Mb module
> costs 110�), HD 2.1 gigs but will be upped to a 40-80 gig HD
> pretty
> soon.
>
> OS cost is not an issue as the OS's will be installed legally at my
> workplace
> with the university's license.
>
> Main uses will be;
> -Excel
> -Word
> -Old DOS/Win games
> -Internet connection via wlan and lan
> -Connecting to numerous other windows machines via lan or USB for data
> transfer
>
> Should I install a dual boot, like Win98 for games and internet and
> then f.ex.
> NT4.0 WITHOUT network support for stable and virus/spyware free Excel
> and Word
> use.
>
> I'm mainly conserned with spyware and viruses that slow up the computer
> as well
> as various other c*ap collecting to the registry etc. via Internet
> usage.
>
> PS. Are older versions of Word & Excel faster/less CPU intensive? I
> only need
> basic word processing and some simple statistical plotting so maybe
> installing
> older version of those would also be a good idea?
>
> -John
>
>
>
>
>
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