Laptop OS recomendations
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Laptop OS recomendations
I just picked up an old P3 laptop that will be my dedicated MS laptop. It came with Win98 on it. I was tired off toting my nice laptop out to the garage.
What do you recommend for running MT and MLV?
Should I install 2000/XP or just leave it run on 98? I want something that I am not going to have to wait all day for it to load. Simpler the better.
What do you recommend for running MT and MLV?
Should I install 2000/XP or just leave it run on 98? I want something that I am not going to have to wait all day for it to load. Simpler the better.
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The only problem with Windows 98 (SE & ME) is that they self corrupt over time. So you should atleast format the HD and re-install (if not already done) or upgrade to 2000 (NT).
XP will use far to much RAM on a old laptop (I think min RAM recommended is 156) and it will be running very slow.
XP will use far to much RAM on a old laptop (I think min RAM recommended is 156) and it will be running very slow.
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Strip Win98 down.. its fast and small.
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html
A stripped 98 on a P3 can boot in roughly 20 seconds.
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html
A stripped 98 on a P3 can boot in roughly 20 seconds.
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I gotta side with the Win2k folks here. My tuning tablet is an old P3 with 128mb and it's been running Windows 2000 just fine, originally with EMU and now with MegaTune. Even if you've only got 64mb I'd still give it a try.
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Besides, if updating is really a concern I can think of at least 3 ways to update a bootleg XP.
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I have an old Thinkpad P-II 300 Mhz with 128 mb ram for tuning purposes running on Windows ME. I installed megatune without any issues and even MLV with some difficulty. Cant notice any differene in megatune speed between that and my regular laptop which is like 2 GB ram. MLV runs a little slower though.
Bootup time is around 30 seconds. It shuts down even faster than my regular laptop.
Bootup time is around 30 seconds. It shuts down even faster than my regular laptop.
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I'm all for more of us jumping on Megatunix, no autotune is a little bit of a bummer, but with more people using it i'm sure there'd be a consideration for it to be worked in.
I have an old *** Compaq Presario 1200. I'm running Xubuntu because it's extremely lite and it runs just fine I find.
I have an old *** Compaq Presario 1200. I'm running Xubuntu because it's extremely lite and it runs just fine I find.
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