* Win 3.x - 8086, 286, 386, 486* Win 95 - 486 (dx), Pentium, k5* Win 98 - Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, k5, k6* Win 2k - Pentium II, Pentium III, k6, k7* Win XP - Pentium III, Pentium IV, k7, k8
ZeroVega - 10/28/2006 10:43 AMThis begs the question, with these new Dell Duo-Core processor thingies... can you install two platforms on your PC? Say, Windows for playing games (cause they run everything) and Linux for... umm... everything else?
OneST8 - 10/27/2006 5:10 PMWhen I was working at a big computer refurbishing company; I used to do Test&Audit, RMAs and laptop repairs. The team I worked with consisted of about 10 people and there was well more work than we could handle. The management recognized this and decided to hire some certified profressionals. This is when I was confronted with the saddest demonstration of MCSE expertise ever. I asked one of the new guys (knowing they're certified people who according to my boss "certifiably know more than me") to replace a processor and hard drive in a standard Compaq desktop machine. The person said with a wonderful smile on their face "Sure! Not a problem!", took the machine, new hard drive, new proc and went to their workstation. Twenty minutes later the guy comes up to me, holding the motherboard in one hand (which he unmounted from the case for some strange reason) and the replacement processor in the other hand. He then proceeded to ask me with that same pleasant smile on his face... "is this the processor? and where am I supposed to plug it in? I don't see any socket pins on it or a place for it on the motherboard". It was a pentium II processor which if you've ever seen one looks like some wacky nintendo cartridge. I was flabbergasted. I could not believe this MCSE getting paid double what I was getting paid could not figure out how to replace a Pentium II proc. I just sorta stood there and then kindly demonstrated to him what went where, how and why. I never yelled at him nor did I make him feel stupid. Feeling rather sorry for him, I tried my best to educate him over the next few days before I'd quit working there. Ok, actually, I purposely got myself fired but that's a different story though probably far more entertaining.Yeah, this reply got too big. Oh well, submitting anyways!
LoRD-oF-AEoNS - 10/31/2006 11:46 AMVista is worse than anime....And that's pretty bad.
pejsaboy - 12/4/2006 5:38 PM I can promise right now though, that I will not own or use VISTA. Even if that means sticking with XP or 2000 indefinitely because I never get a grasp on Linux.
Ravemore - 12/12/2006 1:45 PM Quotepejsaboy - 12/4/2006 5:38 PM I can promise right now though, that I will not own or use VISTA. Even if that means sticking with XP or 2000 indefinitely because I never get a grasp on Linux. I guess that scraps what I got you and Lou for the gift exchange.... :p