Well, I was lookin into gettin Windows Xp, but I cant deside weither to get the Pro or Home...So the poll is for yall to vote on weither me to get home or pro ...  Another thing I was gonna ask is will Xp run good on my system.. I have a 10 gig hard drive, 64 meg ram, a pentium 3.... I will upgrade that if I absolutly HAVE to...

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[size=2][color=orange] Well, I was lookin into gettin Windows Xp, but I cant deside weither to get the Pro or Home...So the poll is for yall to vote on weither me to get home or pro ...  Another thing I was gonna ask is will Xp run good on my system.. I have a 10 gig hard drive, 64 meg ram, a pentium 3.... I will upgrade that if I absolutly HAVE to...

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Well, I was lookin into gettin Windows Xp, but I cant deside weither to get the Pro or Home...So the poll is for yall to vote on weither me to get home or pro ...  Another thing I was gonna ask is will Xp run good on my system.. I have a 10 gig hard drive, 64 meg ram, a pentium 3.... I will upgrade that if I absolutly HAVE to...

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XP will barely move on that. what speed p3? my 500 runs it fine, but i have 384 of RAM. i doubt it will even install in 64. and if it does, it wont run at all

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Yes, you can get 128 MB for about $20 near me. Not that expensive. I've got a 500 athlon runs Xp fine, But i've got 512 RAM.

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Yes, you can get 128 MB for about $20 near me. Not that expensive. I've got a 500 athlon runs Xp fine, But i've got 512 RAM.

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Yes, you can get 128 MB for about $20 near me. Not that expensive. I've got a 500 athlon runs Xp fine, But i've got 512 RAM.

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Does it realy matter what type of ram stick I get??

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Yes, you can get 128 MB for about $20 near me. Not that expensive. I've got a 500 athlon runs Xp fine, But i've got 512 RAM.

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Does it realy matter what type of ram stick I get??

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Daym I don't know  all that chit...I have a gateway  Essential.. I need will this thing work couse this product came outa a gateway computer
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cat...em=3484907005&rd=1

Okay got all my comp shit from gateway!!!

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Here are the important network settings for this PC, and a list of network components installed.



  Processor
Intel Pentium III, 500 MHz
100MHz external bus

  BIOS
Intel Corp. 4W4SB0X0.15A.0017.P12 12/21/1999

  Memory
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64MB physical
53% free resources
3 memory slots, 2 free (64+0+0)

  Video
Upgrade
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Vanta (Gateway - English)
Screen Area/Colors: 800x600 pixels, 65,536 colors
Monitor: Gateway EV700

  Drives
Upgrade
C:\ (FAT32) 9756MB total, 7099MB free
(Scanned 11/8/2003, Defragged 5/5/2004)
D:\ CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD Drive

  Network and Modem
Upgrade
(net) Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter
(net) Dial-Up Adapter #2 (VPN Support)
(net) Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter
(hcfmodem) Conexant PCI Modem Enumerator
(modem) Conexant 56K PCI Voice Modem SF-1156IV R9A

  Operating System
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Windows 98 SE (Windows 98 4.10.2222 A )
Original setup date: 5/20/1999
DirectX Version: 4.08.00.0400
Swap file managed by Windows
File cache managed by Windows

  Browser
MSIE 6.0
Proxy: No proxy set
HTTP level: direct 1.1, proxy 1.1
Scripting version: 5.6.0.6626

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CD and DVD Drives
MITSUMI CD-ROM FX4821T!A (4/23/1999)

  Epsonusbprinter
Epson EPSON USB/Parallel Printer Adapter (EPUSB1 (7/27/1999)

  Floppy Drive Controller
Standard Floppy Disk Controller (4/23/1999)

  Hard Drive Controllers
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller (4/23/1999)
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) (4/23/1999)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) (4/23/1999)

  Hard Drives Upgrade
GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 (4/23/1999)
GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK (4/23/1999)

  Hcfmodem
Conexant PCI Modem Enumerator (11/12/1999)

  Input Devices Upgrade
CHIC WHEEL MOUSE PS/2 MOUSE (1/1/2001)
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard (4/23/1999)

  Media
Conexant Wave Device for Voice Modem (11/12/1999)
Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128D (9/3/1999)
Creative Gameport Joystick (9/3/1999)

  Modem Upgrade
Conexant 56K PCI Voice Modem SF-1156IV R9A (11/12/1999)

  Ports
Communications Port (COM1) (4/23/1999)
ECP Printer Port (LPT1) (4/23/1999)

  System
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to PCI bridge (with GART support) (4/23/1999)
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to AGP controller (4/23/1999)
Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode) (4/23/1999)
Intel 82371EB Power Management Controller (4/23/1999)
Plug and Play BIOS (4/23/1999)
Advanced Power Management support (4/23/1999)
IRQ Holder for PCI Steering (4/23/1999)
IRQ Holder for PCI Steering (4/23/1999)
IRQ Holder for PCI Steering (4/23/1999)
IRQ Holder for PCI Steering (4/23/1999)
IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator (4/23/1999)

  Universal Serial Bus (USB) Upgrade
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller (4/23/1999)
USB Root Hub (4/23/1999)

  Video Upgrade
Gateway EV700 (12/2/1999)
NVIDIA Vanta (Gateway - English) (4/18/2003)

  Display: Gateway EV700
Size: 17-inch diagonal (32mm x 24mm viewable)
Max. Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pixels
Serial Number: _______
Manufactured: 1/2000

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  Memory
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64MB physical
53% free resources
3 memory slots, 2 free (64+0+0)

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Yes, It takes me to a page were I can upgrade anything I would like

and whats it say about more ram?!?

All it has is I can upgrad to a 128 DDR ram for 78.00

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All it has is I can upgrad to a 128 DDR ram for 78.00

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It says:
5000239  128 MB PC100 SDRAM Module  $ 79.99  IN-STOCK   


Click on the product name for more information on the memory upgrade.



Memory Upgrade Information
System Serial Number: ya don't need to know

Motherboard Part Number: 4000608

Type of Memory Modules (shipped): 
64-MB 100Mhz 64Bit 4-clock CL=2 SDRAM UNBUFFERED DIMM


Memory Installation Guide



Number of Memory Slots on Board: 3 (3 banks of 1)


Maximum Amount / Type of RAM that can be Installed: 
384MB  SDRAM, PC100

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It says:
5000239  128 MB PC100 SDRAM Module

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What about off of ebay? Thats all cheaper thurr!!

SDRAM aint that expensive at the moment.

I picked up a stick of 256MB for £32  for a friend

Wish I had the money .  www.ebuyer.com is normally quite good

Generally RAM is cheap. You might want 512mB or RAM, because Winblows XP needs double the RAM for games and stuff. Also more RAM equals better computer.

I vote Microsoft Windows Codename "Longhorn" build 4074



There isn't too much difference between home and pro, so I owuld suggest you save yourself a hundred or so bucks and go with Home Edition...

Yo, there is that on ebay dudes!!!!!!! I was lookin at it yesterday!!I dunno if its still thurr but it was yesterday ...Btw I would be savin 109.36 if I bought a home edition instead of Pro

And you would be saving somewhere around $200 if you waited until Longhorn is officialy released and used a pre-alpha build dual boot.

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Generally RAM is cheap. You might want 512mB or RAM, because Winblows XP needs double the RAM for games and stuff. Also more RAM equals better computer.

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to my understanding, Win XP Pro has better networking, easier to use etc, and a few other things related to user accounts/login things i think. Mostly minor things, but i prefere XP Pro

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Generally RAM is cheap. You might want 512mB or RAM, because Winblows XP needs double the RAM for games and stuff. Also more RAM equals better computer.

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did u see what his comp could take? 384 max.


i really don't think you need to upgrade. is there any reason you NEED to upgrade, or u just want to for shits and giggles?


and blade: we know u have longhorn, and we know u like it. good for you. but stop turning everythread into a discussion about ur pre-alpha OS....

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Generally RAM is cheap. You might want 512mB or RAM, because Winblows XP needs double the RAM for games and stuff. Also more RAM equals better computer.

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did u see what his comp could take? 384 max.


i really don't think you need to upgrade. is there any reason you NEED to upgrade, or u just want to for shits and giggles?


and blade: we know u have longhorn, and we know u like it. good for you. but stop turning everythread into a discussion about ur pre-alpha OS....

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Well, I want to have the best wif XP so I am lookin for about 128 more of RAM...Thats it lol.......BTW yall stop spammin in hurrrr

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I'm stuck with a s!@# school laptop, so I can't upgrade anything. I'm looking at buying a desktop computer. I would suggest something more than 192mb of RAM for Winblows XP, since it's not as compact as other versions. Another option would be to go with Windows 2000, which might not look as nice, but runs just as well.

Well what if I get a 228 MB ram and add it wif my 64 which=292MB of RAM??? BTW: I don't want Longhorn,Windows200,ECT..All I want is Windows XP Pro/Home

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Well what if I get a 228 MB ram and add it wif my 64 which=292MB of RAM??? BTW: I don't want Longhorn,Windows200,ECT..All I want is Windows XP Pro/Home

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home is just fine unless ur gona b using the extra stuff on pro which is mainly networkin/file sharing and user account stuff
if ur the only one using the comp and not on a network i see no point in gettin pro

LH is good tho but i wouldn't sujest it, and it would not run on ur comp so i doesn't even matter. btw don't knock LH unless you have tryed it

The home I understand is soposed to be cheaper?? Correct???

Do I get the Windows Xp Upgrade??? Or the full version??

Haven't read everything, only half of it, but I have run XP  Pro with a PIII 600 and 128 MB RAM. All graphical shit off. It worked fine. But I suggest you use more than 192 MB RAM.

edit: It ran fine, but it was slow. With 'fine' I mean that it didn't take like 5 minutes from boot to logged in

WinXP Home is (logically) cheaper, as it's less advanced.
You need to get the full version for a fresh install; if you have a previous Windows version installation, you could upgrade (although a fresh installation is recommended).

hey, RebelSean, do you care about the price? If you want to choose between WinXPPro and WinXPHome, Pro is better, Home is cheaper. You said you want to 'get' it. Does that mean that you will pay for it? If you do, then buy Home.

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hey, RebelSean, do you care about the price? If you want to choose between WinXPPro and WinXPHome, Pro is better, Home is cheaper. You said you want to 'get' it. Does that mean that you will pay for it? If you do, then buy Home.

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