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I have a Toshiba Satilite 460CDT. It has a 2gb hdd, 83mb of ram, and a Pentium 166MMX. I would like to know which os woyld be better for it. It came with ME, but i was having problems with it. Which would be better for my system, Win 2k or XP?
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Which would be better.....
2k or XP?
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 02:47 PM
2k..
xp won´t install on this old machine
xp won´t install on this old machine
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 02:54 PM
I ran Windows 2k on my old 166 box with 256mb of RAM before and its slow as a snail. Don't bother.
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 03:16 PM
itl have to be windows98se
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 04:27 PM
I'd probably go with Windows NT 4.0 myself.
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 07:49 PM
Ok, thx for the input.
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 08:20 PM
Windows 95 or DOS
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Posted 19 March 2004 - 10:15 PM
3.1 or 3.11 
okay i'd go with 98 se..
how the hell can u get 83mb ram? did u cut the chip or something
64+19=83 ==> 19= %59 of 32mb ram
okay i'd go with 98 se..
how the hell can u get 83mb ram? did u cut the chip or something
64+19=83 ==> 19= %59 of 32mb ram
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 09:40 AM
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how the hell can u get 83mb ram?
My guess would be 16 and 64
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 09:41 AM
Skyfrog, on Mar 19 2004, 04:27 PM, said:
I'd probably go with Windows NT 4.0 myself.
I second that.
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 12:50 PM
Just remember anything before 98 doesn't support USB, so you have to use serial or paralell for everything. Just FYI.
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Posted 20 March 2004 - 01:18 PM
Well, it don't matter anyways cuz it borke last night for some reson. I tuned it on, the powerlight came on, but it did not start up.
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