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Megaman X
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Posted: 11th Nov 2002 18:58
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Awesome design I wish I could make something like that

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Shock
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kool, i thought it was xerox (i just posted that in another topic, i wasnt sure if it was xerox or something similar).

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Bogboy2000
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Going back to the first post. as far as I can see no one has actually gone for the easiest answer

XP take loads of resources, but i have more ram in my 466 celeron (300meg about) than you have on your P4 (256meg) P4 motherboard i doub't very much will have a limit of 256 so the obvious answer rather than buying a whole new operating system, is to put another 256,512,1024(whatever) of ram in and that will boost your performance conciderably

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Bogboy2000
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As far as i can see you have all completely mised the best answer

I have on my 466 celeron, about 300 megs of ram, which is more than you have on you P4, all you have to do is check out what type of ram you mother board takes (because there are many different speeds of ddr ram) and add some more, because i doubt very much that a P4 motherboard is limited to 256 of ram max. Once you've done this you should see noticable improvement to your Computers speed in XP.

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Anonymous
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ShockForge: I like the assistent that appers when you search, and Windows XP is for advanced computer users too! and on Word and Front page it has a assistent as well! that doesn't mean its only for complete newbies! Windows XP is great. 98 is not as good as XP. Windows XP has a great layout to. Well thats what I think. Don't get angry at me, just becasue I like Windows XP and you don't. Thats what YOU think.

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Puffy
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=\ ugh im even having trouble making a decent webpage

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I suggest sticking with XP until Microsofts next OS, unless something else becomes more mainstream. I found Linux unreliable - I had programs crashing randomly that required a complete reboot of the machine and not all hardware can be used.
Its a shame Be went bankrupt - that was a good OS.
Mac's look okay (cant say I've used one), but its vastly overpriced, and you cant get the software in your local Woolies...

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im starting to hate all operating systems... i actually am currently making my own off of the nice unix system (you know free bsd comes from unix and linux comes from freebsd then all distros come from linux)... O_O i will call it PINUX.... =P

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Posted: 15th Nov 2002 11:09
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Mac OSX is very good, based on Unix/Free BSD so stable but also made with Mac's 'easy to use' principal.
I've had it a week and can do pretty much anything, admittedly most of the Mac software is pricier than the windows stuff but the actual OS is cheaper.
Mac OS X latest version on Amazon = £90.99
Windows XP Pro on Amazon = £230.99
Windows XP Home on Amazon = £159.99
OS X can also do more out of the box than Windows because it has more apps and utilities built in.
Saying this though I do use and like both OS'

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i think that bill gates went greedy... hes makin it so that the processor will check reg keys and you basically will have to pay to use your comp... hes a lil fucker...

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The starting point for the Commodore 64 was the cartridge-only version of the C64; what they should have done was put more effort (and advertising etc) into the C128.

In addition, the A600 shouldn't have been produced.

They had too many production lines and too little advertising

As a side note, when I started program, I wrote to Commodore about something or other (cant remember what now), and they wrote back saying that if I sent them my program they would be quite willing to test it for me.

Unfortunately I never did send anything to them...

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O_O what was that in response to?... O_O who agrees with me about bill gates... i think registartion fees every 2 years for your comp is just fuckin rediculous...

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My reply was a reply to a previous reply in a different post.

As for registration fees - its how they make their money...

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i know once you can basically send the whole world into a stock market crash you dont have enough money...

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The trouble with registration fees is what happens if Microsoft's servers go down?

Basically, you're stuffed.

what is a signature?
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Dean
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Windows 95, all the way

WindowsME sucks, mine crashes every 3 seconds now

I'm going back to 98


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98SE is the best I've seen so far, if you count the ridiculous price of xp.

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but you have to edit the kernel in order to make it so it can use 1 gig of ram without crashing then limit it to 1 gig so you can put your 1.5 in... then it will stop working for no reason... so im stuck with win2000 pro

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"so im stuck with win2000 pro"
count yourself lucky then, it's a very good OS

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no it isnt... i hate windows period...

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Well, I'm formating my PC again. Mandrake Linux sucks. I thought it was good in the beginning. I've joinned their forum to ask for help.( My browser suddenly crashes all the time ) No users anywhere in the world knew what my problem was... Neither the dudes who created Mandrake seems to know once I got no reply from them. bad support, programs sucks to install... Not to even to play DVD's it has use. DivX them is a joke. The best program around does not allow full screen mode. So, why should I use Linux? It does not run games, it does not run movies, the mp3 player is ages behind Windows Media or Winamp + loads, THOUSANDS of sudden crashes... What illusion I had of Linux at first sight.

Well, most of my old games does not run on XP/2000. e.g Blair Witch series ( that I still did not finish ) or Heavy Metal 2 FAKK. I ask to the developers help with Heavy Metal and they cannot assist with XP cause it's not in the game box that they support it ( and they are right, it's the dum MS changing their junk all the time, if it's DirectX should runs, but it does not ).
So, I'm moving back to win98SE. Cheap, not a great OS, but I can play my old junk and have fun... As soon as I backup everything, win 98

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I use Win XP Home edition. I like it above all the other Windows OS's. The only drawback I've found is that there is no MSDos support, and the "Compatibility" mode sucks. If the package doesn't say XP, it prolly won't run correctly. As for being a memroy hog, I don't have a clue. I have 1GB PC133 ram, 80GB ATA100 HDD space (all in NTFS) and an AMD1700+ and ATI Radeon 8500. I've only been able to make XP "hard lock up" once in 2 years. Other lockups are due to piss poor drivers by ATI. (luckily the update 'em once a month) The system gets confused for about 2 min then resets to 16 color and lets me save all my files and reboot. The system restore functionality sucks. It has never got my PC back up to where it was before any errors. Using GHOST or some other HDD imaging software is the only system restore I use. Much better that way.

Win 2k doesn't support as many games as XP, but 98SE supports the most. In order of video speed 2k is fastest, then XP and 98SE is about 1/2 the speed of XP. XP and 2k can handle more memory, so that's why I use it. I tried to install 98SE on my system and it would crash cause it tried to access 1GB of memory. Too arcaic for me. Win ME is just a joke. I have never heard of ANYONE who liked it, and I won't even say about Win 95. I think Windows CE 3.0 is prolly better than 95.

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you couldve fixed win 98 to limit itself to 512 megs... or edit system files like i did to use 1.5 gigs but then it becomes unstable as hell... i can run anything on win2k... and i have linux installed on a 20 gig hd... then mac os on an emulator... i can run enything...

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puff
your emulator would only be 68k tho huh and not PPC native or OSX compliant.?
if so what is it called?


there are many 68k emulators like executor and basalisk but they are only 68k and I havent seen a ppc emulator.

if u want linux on a mac there are alternatives to osx like machten or mklinux or ppclinux and then if u have a really small mac there a distros for that if its got a real FPU in it

vpc5 wil also run win inside mac and inside a window or fullscreen and at the same time if u want.
U can alter the finder to load just a windows environment
inside mac os.

Basically u loading a bare bones mac shell around the emulator and thats the best performance u can get in that method for pc emulation which ranges in performance depending on hardware and so forth.


the os debate is what best suits your requirements.

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basalisk 2 is what im using... yeh i got the best os with the best processor i could find... =D i plan on buying a mac soon... just to have one... cauz macs = good for art ... while pcs (really windows) = good for programming... i enjoy linux but theres not to much mainstream software for it ... a pitty... i know that winehq emulates direct x and the gaming version of mandrak will be out soon... just dunno if they will work with darkbasic =\... well see...

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shame bas 2 is still 68k.

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yeh... theres a few ppc projects out but i dont know how they would work unless they used win xp 64bit... but i bet billgates will try to bull some samp fag shit with that too... hes an asshole...

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if u do buy a mac make sure its a g4 tower so your updgrade options are not limited.

get a dual head 1.25mhz g4 and ill be coming over to steal it

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=D and ill get to meet indi eh... hrmmm or i could make a super computer out of mac parts... O_O imagine that... instead of (like the newest sc) 10,000 AMD Athlon XP's... i have 10,000 G4 THAT WOULD BE FAST.... gold wires... oh yes

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