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The new Celeron D's are still going to be slower than their comparatively clocked P4 counterparts, but they are going to get a boost in L2 cache sizes. For a little more explanation on L2 caches - Link It's amazing what a Google search can bring up.

Thanks for the info people. FAT16 it is.

Patience - Alanoll will get to it when he's got time. In the meantime, use the regular installer or the 5.0.93 MSI release.

@Gyzmo - You can also just enter the settings in the abcpy.ini file instead of using all those switches. It makes it much cleaner than your way. But alas... still no auto-activation.

You don't have to use one for the hard drive, but it is certainly better to do so. The 40 wire cables tend to get interference between the wires, while the 80 wire cables don't (there's a ground wire between each signal). Put an 80-wire cable in there and see if that helps things. You should also check what mode your hard drive is working in. Go to Device Manager and expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Double click on Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel. Under Advanced Settings, the Transfer mode should be set to DMA if available. Check what the Current Transfer Mode is as well (it should be Ultra DMA mode with that hard drive).

Hear, Hear, prathapml.

Yeah, I thought that the bottleneck would be the media access speed (which isn't actually 480Mb/s). I don't have the problem of older OSes either (oldest thing I touch is Win2K ).

Maybe this is in the right section, maybe not. I'm wondering if there's any performance difference between formatting my USB flash drive with FAT16 vs FAT32. I found this article describing file sizes and limits, and I don't think I'd run into the limitations of FAT16. I'd just like to know if one allows for faster access than the other on a flash drive. Cheers!

Have you tried running it with a straight cable? It's probably your router that's dealing with the crossover cable for you.

Ok... the picture works now. If you want another image hosting service, XPerties put up an Image Host server a while back. Check in the General Discussion section for the thread (Titled "Not a plug" or something like that.

Does Linux support WPA/WPA2? I've heard that even WEP support is flaky at times. I'm interested in this, since I need to log into our UNIX servers at my university and run apps through X11, so a working dual boot would be kinda nice. Oh... and KDE is ugly! I'd only use Gnome on my computer. I'm managing a Debian webserver, and it's great for that, but I couldn't see myself using it for a personal computer.

Yeah... pretty much. I'd pay for shipping of the CPU if anyone has some that they don't want anymore.

That's not a technical standpoint...that's an opinion, and an uneducated opinion at that. Seriously... do some reading on how the registry works and how other Operating systems manage their systems. Just saying that it was stupidly designed without giving concrete proof (not just "some sort of monitoring") doesn't make your argument stand. So... to go back to the topic title here... if you don't like Windows, switch to Linux. Have fun!

Well... Hz for Hz, yes...the P4 is faster than Celeron. This is because the Celeron typically has a smaller cache than the P4.

I think you misread my statement... I said misuse. I think that most people would agree with me that the registry is potentially a very powerful tool, but it's a bit like playing with fire. Play too much with it and you could get burnt. Windows is Microsoft's product... but it has to work with everyone else's as well. Try finding a good way to manage all that, and then sell it to Microsoft for a lot of money. And as for the "technical standpoint" that you speak of... have anything to back that up? If it was that easy, wouldn't Microsoft have released a patch to change the way things work? With a post like that... it's pretty obvious that you don't like Windows... so why don't you switch to Linux? If Linux is half as good as some people say it is, why aren't we all using it? Apple doesn't really care about selling its products to everyone - they'd rather sell to a small, selective market. They could launch a huge marketing campaign for their computers like they did with the iPod, but they don't. I'm really tired of people bitching about Microsoft and not doing anything about it. I know lots of people who hate Windows, so they use Linux. They've got Linux working and that's the end of that one. Sitting here, using Windows and then complaining about it is pointless. Do some reading, learn your stuff, and then make educated comments.

Nope... Celerons are faster than the 286... And the new Celeron D's aren't that bad actually. For an entry level CPU they're pretty decent.

Lol... any CPU, doesn't matter. Like I said, it's for looks more than anything else.

Ever found a distro with integrated wireless drivers? or found an easy way of installing wireless drivers in Linux in general? A true "n00b" would have a much easier time finding programs and settings in Windows than in Linux. The thought of typing commands in is scary to most "n00bs".

You could use a startup manager, and then set your movie to a set delay (say 5-8 seconds) so that it starts after everything else is loaded.

I'm not sure about the first request off the top of my head, but as for the hard drive label, you should be able to rename it just like a file or folder. Select->F2->Type. Cheers!

Are you wanting to just get rid of the Athlon? I'd take it for a really small cost (~$5 or something) if you don't want it anymore.

Umm... isn't a router to modem a straight through cable? To put some clarity into the discussion - if you're using any external hardware to setup your network (switch, router, hub - we'll just call it a switch from here on), you just need straight through cables to connect all the devices to your switch. The only time that you'd need a crossover cable is if you are connecting two comptuers directly together (ethernet card to ethernet card). So.... Switch---> Anything = Straight through PC---> Modem = Straight through PC--->PC = Crossover Most switches today are capable of using either a straight-through or crossover cable to connect to other devices. That's why you were able to use a crossover cable between your switch and PC without any problems. For the most part though, it's easier to find straight through cables, so I'd suggest just using them. If the connection doesn't work with straight-through cables, then try using a crossover.

Wow... that's a lot of information. Thank you very much. I'll download and run the ISO of memtest86+ tomorrow probably. The Celebration of Light is on tonight (fireworks!!!!), so I'm heading down to the yacht club to see that. Won't get home until late... Like you said about the increased FSB/Memory speed, I did notice an immediate increase in performance when I booted my computer with 10*166 compared to 12.5*133. Everything just started up faster (which is always good). I think I can set my mulitplier to 8, but my RAM is only rated for PC2700 (333MHz), so I don't know if it would work with the 200MHz FSB. The motherboard can handle it, but my memory can't. I'll give it a shot though, just for s***s n giggles. Like I said before... maybe Christmas will come early this year. Thanks again for all the help!

I wholeheartedly agree. I've also used Linux for a little while now (nothing hard core... just playing around), but I always use Windows for my day to day computing - especially on my laptop. I had Ubuntu installed on my laptop for a little while, but then got rid of it. Wireless support in Linux is horrible (if existent) at this point, and the "hibernate" feature in Ubuntu doesn't really give much of a time advantage over booting normally (which it most certainly does in WindowsXP). I don't mean to turn this into a Linux bashing post, but it's a point to mention about OSX as well... they don't have to support nearly as vast of a hardware base as Windows does. People often forget the fact that Apple is a computer hardware company first, software company second. Their drivers are made for their hardware and nothing else. Windows is also very easy to learn for new users. With a little bit of training (much less than you'd need on Linux), most people can become quite apt with computers. Those people who say that the 1-button mouse of a Mac makes things easier...go home . Once you tell people that the index finger is to point, and the middle finger is for options, people understand right away how 2-button mice work. Microsoft has done a great job with their software (not just Windows). The Office Suite is extremely useful and very easy to manage. Microsoft Project is indespensable when it comes to planning and scheduling. VirtualPC offers an easy way to test out new software without risking your current install. The list goes on. My vote - two thumbs way up.

That really depends on what kind of applications you're doing. With a lot of number crunching, large caches help a lot, since you're not always running to memory or the hard drive for more information. Man I love my Pentium-M (1MB L2) CPU...