Some low end P4 systems do use SDRAM, but unfortunately suffer huge performance losses. PC2100 DDR is the only RAM other than RDRAM that a P4 can use and maintain decent performance (assuming you think performance is decent to start with:D), and this requires a decent chipset (SiS 645).
Overall, P4s are not worth getting in the vast majority of situations. The only time they are worth considering is if you are doing super-high end video or audio editing, using one of the several EXPENSIVE (on the order of $10k) cards that don’t like to work with any of the Athlon chipsets. Even then a dual P3 1Ghz or Xeon system would probably be a better option.
Im probably going to get it eventually, maybe once they put out a couple new versions of it
I always wonder when you update & see that message ‘this is done without sending any information to microsoft’ if that means they send the info to another comp?
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OK, I’m getting XP. Thats all there is to it. If it turns out I don’t like it, I’ll deal with that later. I need to reinstall the OS anyways, so its not a big deal risk to do the upgrade.
Lets kill the XP/Microsoft suck/rules debate right where it lies. Feel free to start a GD thread.
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Staples changed their sale on XP. So I bought the home version. What I got free, after rebate:
Finepix 1300 digital camera with 8 meg flash card (I see someone bid on a refurbished one on ebay for $119)
32 meg flash card for above
some adobe photo software for 1.
128meg of PC100 memory
headphones (hey it was free)
They also have software thats free after rebate but I didn’t want it. There are other specials too you can get free or low price after rebate. Like a Memorex usb scanner for $19.00
They also have other big packages instead of the camera, like a networking package or a cool sony cdrw setup.
Hate to tell you, Sam, I work with this stuff daily, and I’m sorry to say that I also hold quite a number of Microsoft certifications. It’s not like I’m talking out of my butt here.
I have accessed NTFS, HPFS, ext2, ext3, FAT16 and FAT32 pratitions from an assortment of other partition types over a network. The issue is trivial–if permissions are properly assigned.
It sounds like you’re confusing user and group permissions in this issue. Grab “those books” and do a bit of research–you’ll see what I mean soon enough.
Native file system type is completely irrelevant when using networking. I can use Windows Networking to read FAT32 filesystems, NTFS filesystems, Linux Second Extended filesystems, and just about anything else that resides on a SMB-equipped host (which is to say, damn near everything). Your Windows 98 box will be able to access your NTFS partitions on your Windows XP machine without any problem. (However, if you dual-boot XP and 98, the 98 boot will not be able to access the NTFS partitions.)
Windows products that do not support Windows NT Domains (that is, Windows 95, 98, or Me) will get “guest” access to the network (these systems are incapable of authenticating into a Windows NT-style domain), so you will have to enable “guest” access to both the shares and to the files themselves, but that is trivial to do and is For Your Protection anyway. It’s not that NTFS security doesn’t allow access, it’s that it doesn’t allow it by default. And the problem isn’t using FAT32 on the other computer, it’s running an operating system that cannot do Windows NT or Windows 2000 Domain Authentication.
There is no good reason to use FAT32 if you don’t expect to go back to using 95, 98 or Me (or DOS or Windows 3.1). If you’re committed to using XP (or 2000, or even NT4), you should use NTFS.
Sorry for the delay guys I was busy with the launch.
Anyway Handy, the Professional addition does require activation as well. If you want to bypass it you will need to purchase a volume license from a large accoutn reseller.
If I were all hyped up to buy XP, I would go to Thompson’s Computer Warehouse and order the OEM version. $109 for the home version, or $159 for pro. Oh, and because it’s the OEM version, it “Must be sold (bundled) with any other non-Microsoft item from our website, cannot be sold individually”, but I’m guessing you can find something else cheap and useful there.
Well, I’ve been swamped at work here so I didn’t live up to my timeline of getting it yesterday.
I still plan on getting it this weekend.
How about escalating this question. What other stores are bundling this with other offers? What the best one you’ve heard so far? The Staples one doesn’t really interest me. I don’t need any of the things they are offering.
Well, you know mickeysoft they have set the price on it everywhere. Even ebay.com auctions aren’t much cheaper.
However, I put the XP disk in today after reading some of the manual. Well, they have this program on the disk that checks your computer software, parts, drivers, etc to see if they are compatible. I got this huge list of stuff that isn’t, & since that computer has very little software on it, I’d venture to guess 50% of the software wasnt compatible. Also, xp didn’t like my network setup (Netgear), my Canoscan scanner (I just got it a few weeks ago), my joystick, my webcam, well you get the idea. They all work fine with ME right now so XP can just sit around gathering dust until later.
One thing I liked about XP was you could edit videos with it but then I noticed on my desktop that ME does the exact thing.
You might get the compat checker at microsoft.com first Omni.
