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tangledaria

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Mar 02, 2009 08:57

I totally wrecked my computer at work. Well, I tried fixing it and then wrecked it. I got the computer from the owner before she left for her retirement. It was a very very very very very slow thing running Windows 2000 Professional and it took a good three minutes to start up to the point I could use anything. So I usually push the power ( Read more... )

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finta March 2 2009, 15:22:17 UTC

I don't know about Linux, though I'm hoping to have a computer that runs it sometime later this year.

But while I was cleaning yesterday, I ran across a CD for Windows 98, still nicely shrink-wrapped and with the product key printed on a sticker. I'd be glad to send it to you if you get desperate. (I'd be glad to send it to you anyway, but I figure only a desperate person would want Windows 98.)

Incidentally, you might be able to find a copy of Windows 2000 cheaply on eBay. Just a thought.

tangledaria March 2 2009, 18:07:54 UTC

windiain says it can be kind of different. :/ If I start pulling my hair out in giant clumps, I might take you up on your offer. It's only a work computer, so I wouldn't have a lot of time to mess around and figure out Linux. But you're right, there are so many things that refuse to run on 98. I love XP, if only because I'm used to it. I fear change!

windiain March 2 2009, 16:50:09 UTC

I had Ubuntu for a while last year. The only reason I don't still have it is because the laptop is a little old and a few things like hibernate didn't work properly, which was actually threatening the health of my hardware. As soon as I get a new laptop, Ubuntu is going on it ( ... )

tangledaria March 2 2009, 18:11:46 UTC

Thanks for the help! If I run across anything confusing, can I ask you? Are you pretty familiar with it? I'm very graphics oriented, so that's the setup that I downloaded. Our book inventory/point of sales thing at work runs on a concurrent dos. No, really! It's amazing how much of those dos commands I remember. And here I thought I could dump that information for other important things in my brain.

windiain March 2 2009, 18:17:00 UTC

I'm not THAT familiar with it, and don't have it installed anywhere to play with and work things out. But I know several geeks who are, so if you post for help in an unlocked post, I can point them towards it.

Command line linux and DOS aren't really the same thing, but you may find you don't need to use command line stuff very often. So far as graphics go, if you get along with the Gimp, you're fine. If you don't, or it's not good enough, then you need to stick with Windows or a Mac. That's why my desktop machine is Windows, so I have easy access to Windows software.

Really, the best thing to do is play with the LiveCD and see what you make of it.

kruemel_shiva March 2 2009, 18:21:30 UTC

Wow you know a lot more about PC than I do

tangledaria March 2 2009, 18:58:24 UTC

I got this computer for free and I don't plan on spending a dollar more. The product key on this computer matches a Windows 2000 OS, not an XP one. I have the XP CD from another computer I don't have anymore. Thus, they do not match. I have no CDs from Dell at work. I cannot use the ones I have at home because they do not go with the computer I have at work.