Got me a new Hot Rod... August 08, 2007, 07:31:24 PM Don't it look like I'm goin' faster???Been running a old AMD 900 with win ME, guess it's finally time to update... After hearing all the horror stories about Vista, I dug around on evil pay and found this Dell Demension 521 with XP...Maybe I'll upgrade to Vista in 6-7 years... :D http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320143878192&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011 Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #1 – August 08, 2007, 08:13:13 PM What !?!?!!? No Floppy drive!! you need a floppy drive, it is just not "ill" with out one! lolGood deal, hope it turns out great Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #2 – August 08, 2007, 09:22:34 PM I have Vista.....It's not bad, just different.....Kinda Quirky. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #3 – August 08, 2007, 09:23:04 PM It has a 3 1/2" floppy... Guess I should check to see if it works... Maybe later, I'm goin back to burnin' discs...31 views and one reply, guess everyone thought I'd bought another ride... LOL Gotchya... :DOK Paul snuck in while I was fiddlin' around... Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #4 – August 08, 2007, 09:32:33 PM I like Vista.. but then again I had XP when it came out in october 2001.. I jump on early..I hate floppy drives with a passion.. every time I have to rely upon one to get me out of a hitch its farking dead! But I always insist on people getting one. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #5 – August 08, 2007, 09:36:48 PM Didn't want to leave a comment earlier as we build "workstation" computers for employees at work that are based on Core2Duo chips, 2GB memory, 400GB hdd, and WinXP Pro for just under $500. Of course, they also come with their own version of low end videocard, DVD burner, onboard sound, and $15 keyboard/mouse combo. Its these lcd monitors that cost so much at prices other than "limit one per customer" sales. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #6 – August 08, 2007, 10:35:05 PM I like Vista too. I have it on my laptop, its more confined, you use the start menu for alot starting out, but its easy to get used to. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #7 – August 08, 2007, 10:37:53 PM I absolutely hate the old style start menu. Its so farking old and useless. I really like the XP style start menu and gawd I love the Vista one. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #8 – August 09, 2007, 12:19:51 AM Vista isnt bad at all as long as you have the power to support it. I would not even consider running it on anything less than a midrange system from a year or two ago.I see a lot of budget computers out now with only 512mb of ram and whatnot preloaded with vista, and yes, those computers are gonna be 3 or 4 times slower just because they have vista instead of xp. Its been very reliable for me though, maybe even more so than xp. It just runs a bit slower than xp, especially on startup.My rig is a dell inspiron e1705, core duo t2250 1.73 ghz, 1gb ddr533 and a geforce go 7900gs. The hard drive holds me back the most, especially causing long startup times in vista, being that its just a 5400rpm drive. I think a 7200 rpm drive would help out a lot there. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #9 – August 09, 2007, 12:26:05 AM I had it on a laptop with 1.5 gigs of ram. a 7200 rpm sata drive and a 2.something cpu.. booted faster than xp..untill I started messing with it :) I killed my first install in 1 day.. tried to install a non vista compliant Bluetooth adapter... d'oh! Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #10 – August 09, 2007, 01:54:18 AM my first install got owned by aim somehow... havent used the actual aim client since, i use a 3rd party client now that uses about 1/10th the memory. Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #11 – August 09, 2007, 02:29:53 AM That comp should serve you well; seems solid. My old Athlon XP 2800+, 1GB RAM, 6600GT system ran Vista RC1 without a problem.I'll be getting Vista for gaming. I have a DX10 graphics card (8800GTS 320MB Superclocked), and with the rest of my specs (Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.4GHz, 2GB RAM @ DDR2 850), it should fare quite well :) . I have one partition for XP and another for Vista (Ultimate 64bit). Quote Selected
Got me a new Hot Rod... Reply #12 – August 09, 2007, 03:19:29 AM Quote from: TurboCoupe50;167274It has a 3 1/2" floppy... Guess I should check to see if it works... Maybe later, I'm goin back to burnin' discs...31 views and one reply, guess everyone thought I'd bought another ride... LOL Gotchya... :DOK Paul snuck in while I was fiddlin' around...sheshhhh, and to think i still have a 5 1/4 drive with plenty of discs of old games. Quote Selected
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