Topic: XP

 Well, let me state my hand at the outset. I'm not employed as a techie and I don't have Vista installed on my systems at home.

I'm happy with XP. It's installed on all three machines at home. One of the PCs dual boots with Linspire (not a bad Linux). Another PC dual boots with Xandros 3 (not bad either).

Hang on there, Mr Sterling Times.... At the outset I think I said that 'Vista can't fail' due to the amount of money pumped into it and the advertising/​persuasion and natural...

Although small, the Asus EEE is easy to see. It will stream audio happily to your amp. You could add a dongle, and listen on the move. Some of these notebooks have XP added.

In article <6183...>, 2@slewis.biz (Sterling Times) wrote: or, OR, OR , someone who works for Mr Gates, cos he doesn't really drive...

Certainly, my preference is to move forward albeit that early entry involves risks. I moved up to 1MB of RAM with XP to accommodate Dragon Naturally Speaking which I use...

Yes. I've been using it for some time with Vista. I'm running Ubuntu, Win XP and Trixbox in virtual machines.

2008/​8/​26 Sterling Times <2@slewis.biz> All sorts of things determine performance in a computer apart from memory and processor. Though they are of course very important....

Vista = A mincing version of XP. Its the VW Beatle with included flower holder on the dash of the OS world. Its the Essex Girl of all OS Systems, looks nice but can't do much.

I can't get Ubuntu to run on it,any tips? All windows QS's run but nothing else, or am I missing some thing.

Dave Martin wrote: But you'd have to collect it!< Just me being a bit flippant Dave :o) I was just using a "new" value as an example, also adding about 50% extra machine...