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If you use Win98, WinXP will make your computer crawl so slow it'll be unusable.If she gets her dirty XP in the machine and that's true despite the upgrades, I'm gonna regret it more than I thought I would.
Only thing that comes to my mind is that a number of programs that run under Win98 won't run under XP. Thus it depends on what your sister is going to use PC for.I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it'd be getting to run Hexen on it. However, I'm guessing she won't go much farther than MSN messenger, IE/Firefox or the program to transfer files to her Walkman cell (which btw doesn't work on 98 ).
Or if she doesn't knows much about PC's, just install whatever you feel pleased with and don't tell her, hehehe!That's a good idea <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> Does anyone know of a Linux distro with a skin that looks like XP? <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->
You could also go into a heartfelt rant about how M$ is monopolizing not only the OS industry, but the whole software industry, even the hardware industry, and recently the gaming industry (XBOX). And don't forget the extinguishing of smaller companies who have innovative new technologies by flat-out plagiarism and purchasing power. So many computer stores around the world are coerced into selling exclusive M$ products, I wouldn't be surprised if that number was something higher than 99%. You could also discuss the (IMO dishonourable) hard-wiring of IE, Outlook, and WMP into the OS source code.Won't care/Won't believe.
Some computer BIOS tell you which type of RAM is installed on the machine, you could try checking there, also, sometimes the RAM module has a small stick somewhere, that depicts the type of module it is.BIOS setup didn't help, though I did find out something interesting. Windows was telling me my amount of RAM wrong (56 MB did look suspicious). As for popping my CPU open, the guy at the store said that I could bring the module and they'd tell me which one it was.
RambOrc
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I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it'd be getting to run Hexen on it. However, I'm guessing she won't go much farther than MSN messenger, IE/Firefox or the program to transfer files to her Walkman cell (which btw doesn't work on 98 ).Don't forget there's tons of other programs out there for her walkman that are a) cross-platform, b) free, and c) foolproof. She can easily find another one that can do the job just as well. The challenge however is to convince her about this... That said, if this clash between you and your sister doesn't solve itself, you know you can always dual-boot the system. She gets the OS she wants, you get the OS you want. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
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Not all operating systems implement true multi-processing, even when it is supported by the underlying hardware. For example, Windows 9x only simulates multiprocessing, even if the underlying hardware supports it.
Yeah but who the heck is using anything older than Windows 2000, Mac OS X or a Linux distro with kernel 2.4+ these days?I am. I'll talk her into getting single core. To tell the truth, I really don't see the point of having a dual core processor at a home PC.
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