I have finally entered the 21st Century

Combat Wombat · #1 September 19th, 2007, 11:00 AM

Most of that is fine but please trust me on this get a new video card if it was anything but the MX440 it would be fine but those are the worst video cards on gods green earth. Go spend another $50 or $60 and get something else.

Ballbarian · #2 September 19th, 2007, 11:19 PM

Congratulations capnq!
Me and my 1.3Ghz AMD Athlon will look on in envy.

capnq · #3 September 20th, 2007, 07:15 AM

Hmm, I'll think about the video card. I think the most graphically demanding game I'm looking at is probably SEV, so I don't really need the video power that something like a FPS would call for. I've got a long shopping list of things I need more urgently than computer hardware, so I only expect to be downloading demos in the short term.

I made a mistake in my description. It doesn't have two HDs, just two partitions on the HD. This is the first system I've had with a big enough HD to warrant more than 1 partition.

Atrocities · #4 September 21st, 2007, 02:28 AM

I am still using my Acer P75 with its 100mhz cpu, 16 megs of ram, 2meg Mytrox Mystic video card, and 800meg hard drive. Its the best damn machine money could buy. I especially love windows 95, the best OS ever made for a pc. This is my work horse PC and if a game won't run on it, then I don't play it.

Combat Wombat · #5 September 22nd, 2007, 02:39 AM

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Atrocities said:
I am still using my Acer P75 with its 100mhz cpu, 16 megs of ram, 2meg Mytrox Mystic video card, and 800meg hard drive. Its the best damn machine money could buy. I especially love windows 95, the best OS ever made for a pc. This is my work horse PC and if a game won't run on it, then I don't play it.

That was all sarcastic right? The only OS worse than 95 was ME and you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

capnq · #6 September 22nd, 2007, 05:01 AM

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Combat Wombat said: you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

Now you're being sarcastic. My SEIV folder is only 566M currently.

Combat Wombat · #7 September 23rd, 2007, 01:48 AM

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capnq said:

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Combat Wombat said: you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

Now you're being sarcastic. My SEIV folder is only 566M currently.

I am sitting at 1.28GB for my install and also keep in mind hes got have room for the OS and stuff too.

capnq · #8 September 23rd, 2007, 03:41 AM

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Combat Wombat said: I am sitting at 1.28GB for my install and also keep in mind hes got have room for the OS and stuff too.

A minimum install of Win98 is less than 250M; I assume Win95 would be similar in size. An 800M HD would have enough room if you used compression and limited how many mods and shipsets you installed. Granted you couldn't do much else with it, but it's still possible.

Herode · #9 August 17th, 2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Combat Wombat

That was all sarcastic right? The only OS worse than 95 was ME

You forgot Vista. I never went to Linux - I am computer-lazy and don't like heavy intall procedures at all - but now I've installed Vista on my new PC & I know... I will soon migrate (to Ubuntu)

Give me baaaaaack my XP

Azselendor · #10 September 24th, 2007, 03:05 AM

Atrocities, you brought back an old memeory.

I used to have an old Compaq 2200 running windows 95. For years, I kept the default config but over time, components failed. I still have it in my closet, a hulk of metal, duct tape, and good intentions. 120mhz processor, 32mb ram, 3.1 gb hard drive (shipped with a massive 1.2 gb drive), built-in sub-woofer and speakers, CD-rom running windows 95.

It lasted for a good 10 years and I did everything from designing websites to playing video games to work on it. It still works, but I had to join the 17th century back in 2003 and bought a new computer.

On the flip side, I bought an emachine once, lasted 3 years (two of which was spent with a lunch-box-cold-pack cooling system keeping it from catching fire). It ended its life flying across my front yard where it was savagely beaten with a metal bat.