Should Fozzer install XP?

[4_Series_Scania]

I recently convinced a friend of mine that the best upgrade for his 2.4ghz pc was Windows XP, he was suffering with the dreaded "OMG! Doom3 won't run" problem that affects '98 users, now XP's installed, he's a happy bunny and enjoying considerably better performance from his PC.

Approx 30% improvement in benchmarks, a vast differance in general PC speed and stability.

Not forgetting, as long as you have either more than one drive or a large partitioned drive, you can still keep '98 and all your old games!

Fozzers specs...

Win '98 SE. Gigabyte GA-7VT 600, 400FSB. AMD Athlon XP 2.6 MMX. 20Gb +10Gb HDD. DVD Rom. R/W/R-W DVD. nVidia Ge-Force 4 Ti 4200. 768 Mb DDR SDRAM. 550W PSU. Creative Labs 1024 sound card. 4-point surround-sound+sub-woofer speakers. Logitech Wingman Force 3D Joy-Stick. 17 in. LCD Monitor.

Come on Paul, come in from the cold.  ;)

[Politically Incorrect]

I thinks so!!

I love reading his postings and God knows there would be a ton if he installs XP!!  ;D

[Gixer]

Aye  ;D

[Craig.]

LOL Poor Mr Fozzer its a surprise he has come into the time of win 98:)

[Saitek]

LOL Poor Mr Fozzer its a surprise he has come into the time of win 98:)

Ay, so true.
But even the old men can make great steps forward! C'mmpn Paul, and you can add broadband too and be on SimV for
ever !!

Ben

[eno]

Ay, so true.
But even the old men can make great steps forward! C'mmpn Paul, and you can add broadband too and be on SimV for
ever !!

Ben

I think broadband its pushing it  ::)

[Craig.]

for Mr fozzer isnt Broadband extra elastic in his boxers?

[ozzy72]

With all those fab meals of his Craig I should think so
I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...

[Politically Incorrect]

I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...

Obviously since we are all the victims of his puns

[Saitek]

I think broadband its pushing it  ::)

Of course... I was being too optimistic.
I suppose it might scare him off XP, I should have kept quiet....

[Hagar]

I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...

I'm with the Foz on that one. In fact, the older I get the more I agree with him.

for Mr fozzer isnt Broadband extra elastic in his boxers?

I suspect that Fozzer wears more sensible underwear than boxers. It can get a tad draughty around your nether regions at this time of year, especially on one of those superbikes he hares around on.

[RollerBall]

On a more serious note, Win 98 just ain't designed to be pushing electrons efficiently around that new hardware spec. Bit like buying a new car and having a man walk in front with a red flag. You can do it if you want - but why would you want to?  ???

[Hagar]

You lot sound like the publicity department of M$. I've seen more problems reported with WinXP than any other OS on this forum alone. WinMe does more than enough for me on my antiquated system. If & when I get around to purchasing a new PC* I expect I shall be forced into having WinXP included whether I want it or not. More bleedin' expense to add to the price of the hardware itself. Then, from what I read in the forums I'll need about a Gigabyte of RAM to run it efficiently.

*PS. You will know when this happens as I shall no doubt be constantly pleading for help.

[Saitek]

You lot sound like the publicity department of M$. I've seen more problems reported with WinXP than any other OS on this forum alone.

But, once you have it you never look back. So the advantages outweigh by billions any probs.

Then, from what I read in the forums I'll need about a Gigabyte of RAM to run it efficiently.

Well, I've run it efficiently, happy and well on 256.

*PS. You will know when this happens as I shall no doubt be constantly pleading for help.

That is no problem, although you won't be looking at me of course, are you getting one in the sales then after Xmas?

Ben

[ozzy72]

Doug if you do go to XP just DON'T get the ruddy M$ patches for it, they caused all the trouble!
I've been using XP without trouble for a 2.5 years now, it was only when I installed those wretched patches things went wrong. And they were only made to sort out the security issues M$ screwed up on, so just get a decent firewall and you'll be happier than a pig in poo