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My old Acer Veriton FP2 bit the dust last week after 3 years of loyal service. It was a P3 800MHz and only had 2MB onboard graphics, so wasn't much use for online gaming. This time around, I've decided to get something a little more powerful, so went for a Dell Dimension 8300 series, P4 2.4GHz, with 512MB RAM and a 128MB ATI Radeon 9800 graphics card (not the PRO card, just the base one which I figure should be more than enough).
I ordered a few extra bells and whistles with it, so £1,103.84 vanished from the credit card and I'm sitting here waiting for it to be delivered. (Couple of weeks from now, I guess).
My biggest worry? I've never used Windows XP before, I was always raving on about Win2kPro being the best O/S since sliced bread. Is it easy to get along with?
I ordered a few extra bells and whistles with it, so £1,103.84 vanished from the credit card and I'm sitting here waiting for it to be delivered. (Couple of weeks from now, I guess).
My biggest worry? I've never used Windows XP before, I was always raving on about Win2kPro being the best O/S since sliced bread. Is it easy to get along with?
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Got the same... although i would make a spy ware check aswell when you get it.
It takes about 3 minutes to install it and 10 for it to install it's self.
Also disable messenger otherwise annoying popups will pop up while your online.
Also disable messenger otherwise annoying popups will pop up while your online.
*Relaxes a little*
Easy to get along with, yes, but like anything microsoft, it can be extremely infuriating, and tries to do everything in a clever and annoying way. Networking. I still hate that in XP. I knew how to do it exactly right in 98, easily. Then in XP it brings along it's annoying wizards designed for 3 year olds. And it's got something under the help menu of explorer that says 'Is this copy legal?'. That really annoys me. And have a folder full of mp3s, and at the side it says 'Shop for music online'. Shop for music online? Shop - online and music. Contradiction surely?
But yeah, it's easy to use, being aimed at an American market it has to be as simple as possible. Just kidding :)
*Runs anyway*
But yeah, it's easy to use, being aimed at an American market it has to be as simple as possible. Just kidding :)
*Runs anyway*
My old Acer Veriton FP2 bit the dust last week after 3 years of loyal service. It was a P3 800MHz and only had 2MB onboard graphics, so wasn't much use for online gaming. This time around, I've decided to get something a little more powerful, so went for a Dell Dimension 8300 series, P4 2.4GHz, with 512MB RAM and a 128MB ATI Radeon 9800 graphics card (not the PRO card, just the base one which I figure should be more than enough).
I ordered a few extra bells and whistles with it, so £1,103.84 vanished from the credit card and I'm sitting here waiting for it to be delivered. (Couple of weeks from now, I guess).
My biggest worry? I've never used Windows XP before, I was always raving on about Win2kPro being the best O/S since sliced bread. Is it easy to get along with?
I ordered a few extra bells and whistles with it, so £1,103.84 vanished from the credit card and I'm sitting here waiting for it to be delivered. (Couple of weeks from now, I guess).
My biggest worry? I've never used Windows XP before, I was always raving on about Win2kPro being the best O/S since sliced bread. Is it easy to get along with?
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