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More like "cabin fever"
MG heirloom wrote: Heck, with a little of my chili under his belt, he could have a flight all to himself on the way back! Talk about a "pressurized cabin"........chuckle. H "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I don't believe you said that.......it is all a bad dream, lol. Yep, eat your heart out.......a Jag and a TR-6. (and food stamps, grin) I think we could get Sir Michael over if we promised him first class seats and gourmet cooking......none of yer dammed chili, OK?? XX Figgs "heirloom" wrote in message .. . "halves"????.....on a trip from London????.....YOUR the one with the Jag, remember? I'm so poor I have to use both sides of my bathroom tissue. H "Heather" wrote in message ... The mind boggles!!!!! Are you sure you can't come over and visit me for a week and then pop down to Texas and help out the Loon??? (VBG) We might even go halves on your plane fare, eh Loon?? I figure you just might be worth it. LOL!! |
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Nah - only two boxes here at the moment (and one of those is dead in the
water ) At one time I did have 4 PC's , but disposed of one, and ditched another. FWIW, it's not even worth trying VPC on the PII/400, Heirloom! - it takes about 30 minutes to boot the guest OS and it runs slower than a snail in heat! XP Pro will run on the 400 fairly happily - just don't expect any speed out of it (and it would benefit from upgrading the RAM to the max for the board - mine takes up to 384MB, and you do notice the difference!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... lol Don't you try hijacking our stars, we might not get them back g I think Noels nearly as bad as Mike when it comes to machines. Joan Heather wrote: The mind boggles!!!!! Are you sure you can't come over and visit me for a week and then pop down to Texas and help out the Loon??? (VBG) We might even go halves on your plane fare, eh Loon?? I figure you just might be worth it. LOL!! Of course, I could lug my CPU over to London......now, that's a thought. (see that man run.....heh heh) Cheers.....Figgs |
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Thanks, Noel. However, I think I will leave well enough alone for the
moment. I am not a big fan of XP, mainly because I haven't used it enough......just a little work on me mum's machine and all she uses is email, Print Shop and games. Will wait for the next generation to appear....... Heirloom, old and must get ready for in-laws "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Nah - only two boxes here at the moment (and one of those is dead in the water ) At one time I did have 4 PC's , but disposed of one, and ditched another. FWIW, it's not even worth trying VPC on the PII/400, Heirloom! - it takes about 30 minutes to boot the guest OS and it runs slower than a snail in heat! XP Pro will run on the 400 fairly happily - just don't expect any speed out of it (and it would benefit from upgrading the RAM to the max for the board - mine takes up to 384MB, and you do notice the difference!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... lol Don't you try hijacking our stars, we might not get them back g I think Noels nearly as bad as Mike when it comes to machines. Joan Heather wrote: The mind boggles!!!!! Are you sure you can't come over and visit me for a week and then pop down to Texas and help out the Loon??? (VBG) We might even go halves on your plane fare, eh Loon?? I figure you just might be worth it. LOL!! Of course, I could lug my CPU over to London......now, that's a thought. (see that man run.....heh heh) Cheers.....Figgs |
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That could be a long wait, H - the really big advance that was to come in
Longhorn has been postponed until at least Longhorn SP1 (the filesystem change). Still - it should have many advantages over XP when it eventually arrives (even pre-SP1), including much more secure coding, and an upgraded OE. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "heirloom" wrote in message ... Thanks, Noel. However, I think I will leave well enough alone for the moment. I am not a big fan of XP, mainly because I haven't used it enough......just a little work on me mum's machine and all she uses is email, Print Shop and games. Will wait for the next generation to appear....... Heirloom, old and must get ready for in-laws "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... Nah - only two boxes here at the moment (and one of those is dead in the water ) At one time I did have 4 PC's , but disposed of one, and ditched another. FWIW, it's not even worth trying VPC on the PII/400, Heirloom! - it takes about 30 minutes to boot the guest OS and it runs slower than a snail in heat! XP Pro will run on the 400 fairly happily - just don't expect any speed out of it (and it would benefit from upgrading the RAM to the max for the board - mine takes up to 384MB, and you do notice the difference!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... lol Don't you try hijacking our stars, we might not get them back g I think Noels nearly as bad as Mike when it comes to machines. Joan Heather wrote: The mind boggles!!!!! Are you sure you can't come over and visit me for a week and then pop down to Texas and help out the Loon??? (VBG) We might even go halves on your plane fare, eh Loon?? I figure you just might be worth it. LOL!! Of course, I could lug my CPU over to London......now, that's a thought. (see that man run.....heh heh) Cheers.....Figgs |
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At least it gives me time to save up for a new machine, I expect this one
won't run it g Joan Noel Paton wrote: That could be a long wait, H - the really big advance that was to come in Longhorn has been postponed until at least Longhorn SP1 (the filesystem change). Still - it should have many advantages over XP when it eventually arrives (even pre-SP1), including much more secure coding, and an upgraded OE. |
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You should have time - I reckon it'll be at least 18 months yet.
As for hardware, what is currently a high-spec machine should be able to run it without any problems - IIRC the target was for something like a 1400MHz box, with 256MB RAM and 64MB graphics as a minimum spec (which probably translates to 2GHz, with 512MB RAM and 128MB graphics as being something that'll run acceptably fast). I suspect that taking WinFS out of the equation has actually dropped the processor requirement slightly - but other things may come into play. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Joan Archer" wrote in message ... At least it gives me time to save up for a new machine, I expect this one won't run it g Joan Noel Paton wrote: That could be a long wait, H - the really big advance that was to come in Longhorn has been postponed until at least Longhorn SP1 (the filesystem change). Still - it should have many advantages over XP when it eventually arrives (even pre-SP1), including much more secure coding, and an upgraded OE. |
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Only two feet? I'm hanging in for the 36" TFT.
Heirloom, old and some things are better bigger "Mike M" wrote in message ... You forgot to mention the two foot wide monitor. g -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Noel Paton wrote: You should have time - I reckon it'll be at least 18 months yet. As for hardware, what is currently a high-spec machine should be able to run it without any problems - IIRC the target was for something like a 1400MHz box, with 256MB RAM and 64MB graphics as a minimum spec (which probably translates to 2GHz, with 512MB RAM and 128MB graphics as being something that'll run acceptably fast). I suspect that taking WinFS out of the equation has actually dropped the processor requirement slightly - but other things may come into play. |
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heirloom wrote:
Only two feet? I'm hanging in for the 36" TFT. Heirloom, old and some things are better bigger LOL Longhorn currently takes up acres of space and if a user runs it in full eye candy mode definitely needs a widescreen monitor due to the massive bar (can't remember the fancy name for it) down the right hand side of the screen. As for me I'm sticking with this 19" CRT (in reality probably more like 18") which I run at 1280 x 1024. Whilst I'd like to replace it with a TFT it won't be until I can afford a 1600 x 1200 20" if not a widescreen 1920 x 1200. Me thinks that is pure wishful thinking but am praying for the day the moon turns blue (due to all the cheese). :-) -- Mike |
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Hang in there, Mike.......someday they will be as cheap as the CRT's are
now. Of course, that will be after the new 3-D holographic monitors are on the market g. Heirloom, old and think I see Princess Leah "Mike M" wrote in message ... heirloom wrote: Only two feet? I'm hanging in for the 36" TFT. Heirloom, old and some things are better bigger LOL Longhorn currently takes up acres of space and if a user runs it in full eye candy mode definitely needs a widescreen monitor due to the massive bar (can't remember the fancy name for it) down the right hand side of the screen. As for me I'm sticking with this 19" CRT (in reality probably more like 18") which I run at 1280 x 1024. Whilst I'd like to replace it with a TFT it won't be until I can afford a 1600 x 1200 20" if not a widescreen 1920 x 1200. Me thinks that is pure wishful thinking but am praying for the day the moon turns blue (due to all the cheese). :-) -- Mike |
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