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Esturk · May 25th, 2004

I'd put Windows NT4 Workstation on that rig. You would be able to find good solid drivers for all of that hardware on the internet. You would also be able to play all your music and most videos I'm sure (The video card sucks @ss though

). Internet Explorer 6.0 runs perfectly and is supported fully in NT4. Believe me NT4 is like rock solid and VERY fast. Unless you need USB support or Directx 5+ (which I doubt on that rig) use NT4.

Believe me I've had a lot of good experience using NT4 on a rig with a Pentium MMX 233Mhz and 48Mb of EDO ram even.

It ran totally quick with those specs running Winamp 5.0 (Classic Skin) and IE6. NT4 is a lot like Windows 95 without all the bull**** instability.

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May 25th, 2004	#13 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,958	I'd put Windows NT4 Workstation on that rig. You would be able to find good solid drivers for all of that hardware on the internet. You would also be able to play all your music and most videos I'm sure (The video card sucks @ss though ). Internet Explorer 6.0 runs perfectly and is supported fully in NT4. Believe me NT4 is like rock solid and VERY fast. Unless you need USB support or Directx 5+ (which I doubt on that rig) use NT4. Believe me I've had a lot of good experience using NT4 on a rig with a Pentium MMX 233Mhz and 48Mb of EDO ram even. It ran totally quick with those specs running Winamp 5.0 (Classic Skin) and IE6. NT4 is a lot like Windows 95 without all the bull** instability. __________________ Necrosaro:** Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel P45 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.