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Question: XP for Fozzer, despite his love affair with '98?
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Aye    
  19 (59.4%)
Nay    
  1 (3.1%)
Bugger off    
  4 (12.5%)
Leave him in the dark ages    
  6 (18.8%)
Dunno    
  1 (3.1%)
XP?    
  0 (0.0%)
98?    
  0 (0.0%)
None of the above, go away!    
  1 (3.1%)




Total votes: 32

Considering Fozzers got XP.
« Created by: 4_Series_Scania on: Dec 2nd, 2004 at 5:56pm »

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Dec 2nd, 2004 at 5:56pm

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I recently convinced a friend of mine that the best upgrade for his 2.4ghz pc was Windows XP, he was suffering with the dreaded "OMG! Doom3 won't run" problem that affects '98 users, now XP's installed, he's a happy bunny and enjoying considerably better performance from his PC.

Approx 30% improvement in benchmarks, a vast differance in general PC speed and stability.

Not forgetting, as long as you have either more than one drive or a large partitioned drive, you can still keep '98 and all your old games!

Fozzers specs...
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Win '98 SE. Gigabyte GA-7VT 600, 400FSB. AMD Athlon XP 2.6 MMX. 20Gb +10Gb HDD. DVD Rom. R/W/R-W DVD. nVidia Ge-Force 4 Ti 4200. 768 Mb DDR SDRAM. 550W PSU. Creative Labs 1024 sound card. 4-point surround-sound+sub-woofer speakers. Logitech Wingman Force 3D Joy-Stick. 17 in. LCD Monitor.


Come on Paul, come in from the cold.  Wink

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Reply #1 - Dec 2nd, 2004 at 6:09pm

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I thinks so!!

I love reading his postings and God knows there would be a ton if he installs XP!!  Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #2 - Dec 2nd, 2004 at 6:20pm

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Reply #3 - Dec 2nd, 2004 at 6:20pm

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LOL Poor Mr Fozzer its a surprise he has come into the time of win 98:)
 
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Reply #4 - Dec 2nd, 2004 at 6:43pm

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LOL Poor Mr Fozzer its a surprise he has come into the time of win 98:)



Ay, so true.
But even the old men can make great steps forward! C'mmpn Paul, and you can add broadband too and be on SimV for
ever !! Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 3:12am

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Ay, so true.
But even the old men can make great steps forward! C'mmpn Paul, and you can add broadband too and be on SimV for
ever !! Cheesy

Ben Wink



I think broadband its pushing it  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Lips Sealed
 
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Reply #6 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 4:02am

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for Mr fozzer isnt Broadband extra elastic in his boxers? Grin
 
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Reply #7 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 4:43am

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With all those fab meals of his Craig I should think so Grin
I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...
 
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Reply #8 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 4:53am

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I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...


Obviously since we are all the victims of his puns Grin
 
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Reply #9 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 5:13am

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I think broadband its pushing it  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Lips Sealed



Of course... I was being too optimistic.
I suppose it might scare him off XP, I should have kept quiet.... Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #10 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 5:22am

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I think ultimately Fozzer follows the motto "If it ain't broke don't fix it", and its a sensible one...

I'm with the Foz on that one. In fact, the older I get the more I agree with him. Tongue Grin

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for Mr fozzer isnt Broadband extra elastic in his boxers?

I suspect that Fozzer wears more sensible underwear than boxers. It can get a tad draughty around your nether regions at this time of year, especially on one of those superbikes he hares around on. Shocked
 
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Reply #11 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 5:36am
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On a more serious note, Win 98 just ain't designed to be pushing electrons efficiently around that new hardware spec. Bit like buying a new car and having a man walk in front with a red flag. You can do it if you want - but why would you want to?  ???
 
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Reply #12 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 6:41am

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You lot sound like the publicity department of M$. I've seen more problems reported with WinXP than any other OS on this forum alone. WinMe does more than enough for me on my antiquated system. If & when I get around to purchasing a new PC* I expect I shall be forced into having WinXP included whether I want it or not. More bleedin' expense to add to the price of the hardware itself. Then, from what I read in the forums I'll need about a Gigabyte of RAM to run it efficiently.

*PS. You will know when this happens as I shall no doubt be constantly pleading for help. Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #13 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 11:25am

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You lot sound like the publicity department of M$. I've seen more problems reported with WinXP than any other OS on this forum alone.


But, once you have it you never look back. So the advantages outweigh by billions any probs.
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Then, from what I read in the forums I'll need about a Gigabyte of RAM to run it efficiently.

Well, I've run it efficiently, happy and well on 256. Roll Eyes

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*PS. You will know when this happens as I shall no doubt be constantly pleading for help. Roll Eyes


That is no problem, although you won't be looking at me of course, Wink are you getting one in the sales then after Xmas? Wink

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Reply #14 - Dec 3rd, 2004 at 1:48pm

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Doug if you do go to XP just DON'T get the ruddy M$ patches for it, they caused all the trouble!
I've been using XP without trouble for a 2.5 years now, it was only when I installed those wretched patches things went wrong. And they were only made to sort out the security issues M$ screwed up on, so just get a decent firewall and you'll be happier than a pig in poo Wink
 
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