What OS should I run on this older system??

[kehi]

Tyan Trinity 400 MB
celeron 366 (maybe oc'ed to 550, probably not though 🙁)
256mb of ram
IBM 40g 60gxp
gf2 gts
ata100 card
Sb live
nic


Please lmk what you guys think the best OS would be for this setup. Thanks

 

[MetroRider]

Windows 2000... especially if you can get that cpu up to 550 MHz

 

[reicherb]

what are you going to use the system for?

 

[Nothinman]

Depends on what you expect to do with it. I personally would put Linux on it and not bother OC'ing it.

 

[manly]

Tyan mobos aren't generally known for overclocking.

 

[kehi]

I am going to use a slocket with it and that might let me overclock but not really sure. The system wil be used for surfing, word, excel, and light games of Counter-Strike. I can only use this windows on this box because it will be for my parents 😀

 

[reicherb]

Win2k.

 

[Blayze]

Windows 2000 or Linux

 

[joinT]

Originally posted by: reicherb
Win2k.

agreed.. it has enough ram.. if it had 128mb then I'd say 98SE

 

[Nothinman]

If your parents have never used a computer (yes, people like this still exist) before Linux might be better for them. They can do surfing, spreadsheets, docs and even CS. Learning Linux from scratch is a lot easier than learning it after getting stuck in the Windows mindset, and they won't have to worry about SirCam and the like.

 

[Evadman]

I would go with 2k or linux.

 

[etalns]

win2k

 

[Budman]

Windows 2000 Pro

 

[Dreadogg]

98 SE but I have never owned 2K so cant judge!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Dreadogg
98 SE but I have never owned 2K so cant judge!

Don't listen to him 😉

Go with Win2k, since you've got plenty of RAM, and a nice fast HDD.

 

[TheWart]

win2k.

 

[freebsddude]

If you have an older licensed Windows OS, I would say Win XP home, Amazon has an upgrade for like $60.
I think W2K, or Win XP should work.

 

[ProviaFan]

No, stay away from Windows XP. That 366MHz Celeron just ain't gonna cut it, and I doubt that your Tyan board will overclock to 550 either. By all means, go with Windows 2000 Pro.

 

[UnseenRocker]

I'd say win98se because there are some apps and games that wont run on win2k and sometimes win2k drivers are hard to find for older hardware.

 

[Haden]

Win2k.
However XP was running even better than win2k on mine celeron 466/384Mb.

 

[Abzstrak]

Screw it, upgrade that CPU to the 800MHz+ range and run whatever U want... should cost U less than $50 easy

 

[BurnItDwn]

win2k linux (i have heard great things about mandrake8.2 though im running rh7.0) or bsd

 

[leezard]

for normal usage (icq, word, spreadsheet)

go for Win98se