Vista - Re: Vista Sucks Big Time - By R. Adkins

11-12-2007

Try it in a virtual machine. Wow. It's a screamer!

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@xxxxxx
http://www.vistarip.com

forty-nine wrote:

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> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Wow. XP used half, if not more of the available RAM when it was
>> released. I had 128 MB of RAM in my machine, and it barely ran XP
>> worth a damn. Slow on the P3-450's of the time. Compatibility really
>> sucked with printers and scanners. And a lot of software refused to
>> work. Hmmm.... Times have changed. I'm glad the software is moving
>> with the hardware. Isn't that how it's always been? It's like bashing
>> a new game (Crysis) that can't play on new hardware at maximum
>> settings... At least when you get new hardware, it'll keep getting
>> better.
>>
>> If you want an OS that runs fast with small hardware requirements, run
>> DOS and Win3.11. It's a screamer! Even on my Pentium 3 450.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@xxxxxx
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>>

>
> I might try installing 3.1 on my computer.
> I still have the floppies
> When I ran 3.1...it was on a 80386-33 MHz , I did add a Math Coprocessor.

11-12-2007	#1 (permalink)
Dustin Harper n/a posts	Re: Vista Sucks Big Time - By R. Adkins Try it in a virtual machine. Wow. It's a screamer! -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com forty-nine wrote: Quote: > "Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:O%23T5vsUJIHA.5400@xxxxxx Quote: >> Wow. XP used half, if not more of the available RAM when it was >> released. I had 128 MB of RAM in my machine, and it barely ran XP >> worth a damn. Slow on the P3-450's of the time. Compatibility really >> sucked with printers and scanners. And a lot of software refused to >> work. Hmmm.... Times have changed. I'm glad the software is moving >> with the hardware. Isn't that how it's always been? It's like bashing >> a new game (Crysis) that can't play on new hardware at maximum >> settings... At least when you get new hardware, it'll keep getting >> better. >> >> If you want an OS that runs fast with small hardware requirements, run >> DOS and Win3.11. It's a screamer! Even on my Pentium 3 450. >> >> -- >> Dustin Harper >> dharper@xxxxxx >> http://www.vistarip.com >> >> > > I might try installing 3.1 on my computer. > I still have the floppies > When I ran 3.1...it was on a 80386-33 MHz , I did add a Math Coprocessor.
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