PsycoUnc Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 -along with age, the QUALITY of the hardware can be an important factor when choosing an OS, too... .-as evidenced by my experience with two computers, one old (p3-866mhz, 384mb SDRAM, new in 2000, came w/winME but ran it soooo bad it took me 3 days right out of the box just to get the pre-loaded ME to boot properly!) w/good quality intel I815EP mobo, and one newer (p4-1.8ghz CELERON [ick!], 512mb DDR, new in 2003) w/cheapo Matsonic MS9327E+ (sis 650 chipset) mobo... -both dual-boot w98se & winxp pro sp2, but the old puter runs xp MUCH better, faster, and the newer puter seems to like win98se MUCH better than xp, no matter what I do to it/them... (probably an issue w/lousy drivers for the lousy newer mobo, altho I've spent WEEKS experimenting w/every possible driver & bios combination/tweaks/etc I could find for the dam thing ; NEVER settle for a cheapo mobo! )...-so, I use the new(er) puter w/98se as my Primary, and the old one w/xp when I need to... kinda backwards, huh?.{---this stuff is probably obvious/given, but just mentioning...}>;] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 what is the final verdict? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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