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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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RE: Windows Xp Home or Pro
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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... ;-)


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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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... ;-)


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

Well, ya... How can I get more RAM?? Isn't that like RAM Sticks or somethin like that??
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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.

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.

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


yes. there are a bunch of types of ram. u need to get one thats compatible with ur otherboard. call up whoever u got ur computer from and ask them
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RE: Windows Xp Home or Pro
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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.

Does it realy matter what type of ram stick I get??
Yes, it depends because your motherboard supports a certain type of RAM and if you don't buy THAT type you can't use it :P
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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
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Okay got all my comp shit from gateway!!!


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Originally posted by Gateway Support Team


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
Upgrade
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
Upgrade
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

here is hardware shit
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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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RE: Windows Xp Home or Pro
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  Memory
Upgrade
64MB physical
53% free resources
3 memory slots, 2 free (64+0+0)


i assume that "upgrade" is a link/ whats it tell u?
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