March 23, 200521 yr I'll cut the story short and tell you that smacking a laptop hard disc is not good for it.I'm picking up a new HDD tomorrow and wondered whether I should install longhorn 4074 as a main OS or even as my secondary OS.Currently I am using XP pro as main and ME as my secondary OS.And is there the option of being able to delete one of the languages in my ISO (I think it's polish) so it would fit onto a standard CD? I really don't want to attempt to overburn using a 3 year old laptop.
March 24, 200521 yr I recommend you to install Longhorn onto a Virtual PC, there are no drivers available for other hardware.
March 31, 200521 yr It woudl be extreamley slow, on Virtual PC, even on the most high-end of computers.
March 31, 200521 yr I'll cut the story short and tell you that smacking a laptop hard disc is not good for it.I'm picking up a new HDD tomorrow and wondered whether I should install longhorn 4074 as a main OS or even as my secondary OS.Currently I am using XP pro as main and ME as my secondary OS.And is there the option of being able to delete one of the languages in my ISO (I think it's polish) so it would fit onto a standard CD? I really don't want to attempt to overburn using a 3 year old laptop.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks, but I think we all knew that already.There is no way in hell anyone would recommend a pre-Alpha OS as a primary operating system.Definitely stick with XP as primary and dump Me for Longhorn. Heh, LH is about as stable as Me.Removing components from LH is difficult because everything is packed into a WIM file.
April 27, 200521 yr Author Well, I managed to get holdof a DVD of 4074 and its working fine. No crashes and it seems ti be very stable. It takes a while to boot up though, 15 mins!
April 30, 200521 yr Longhorn is not very stable and there are still bugs, if you are comfortable with crashing and bugs, then install it as your main os. But there are not many drivers out there yet.
April 30, 200521 yr Author I got hold of it from a friend of mine who had a disk.I now cannot get sound as there obviously no drivers for my audio device. I also have 5048 which is much quicker but still have the sound problems.I am using a standard Toshiba Satellite Pro 4320 laptop, with an upgraded HDD.
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