What Windows OS would you guys/gals recommend for the listed setup?

[kehi]

Pentium III 667 133fsb
256 or 512mb of ram (not sure yet)
Western Digital HDD


I am thinking about Windows 2k with sp3 but please lmk your suggestions. Thanks

 

[Woodchuck2000]

It would run XP quite happily (especially with 512Mb Ram) but If you have 2K, you could go eith that.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Win95 :Q




2K would do fine..

 

[MisterMe]

Win2K? WinXP? Take your pick - it will come down to a matter of preference...your hardware will run with either just fine...

 

[ProviaFan]

Either Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Both will run fine on your hardware, but if the machine is going to be subjected to heavy usage, you might want to shy away from Windows XP unless you install 512MB of RAM as well.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Win2k. XP is alright, but 2k is still better for everything. Unless you want to do something that it isnt as good at. You havent told us, so Im assuming no...

EDIT: You make it sound like that is a slow machine or something. WTF are you people thinking?! 667 is a nice machine. Definitely not the fastest, but no where close to slow.

 

[Superwormy]

2k / NT if you don't need USB / DirectX > 3.0

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Superwormy
2k / NT if you don't need USB / DirectX > 3.0

Don't use NT. 2000 or XP would be much better, and your box is plenty fast enough for either.

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

i would run Win 2K on thats system...

 

[CTho9305]

2k or XP - whichever CD is easier to reach at the moment . Both have their advantages out of the box, but as far as I'm concerned, all of win2k's advantages are lost when you change a few of the settings in XP (e.g. turn off that ugly interface, put the control panel back to normal, etc).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
2k or XP - whichever CD is easier to reach at the moment . Both have their advantages out of the box, but as far as I'm concerned, all of win2k's advantages are lost when you change a few of the settings in XP (e.g. turn off that ugly interface, put the control panel back to normal, etc).

Windows 2000 sounds cooler than Windows XP.

 

[skyking]

I have XP pro, but I like networking without wizards ala win2k

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Win2k. XP is alright, but 2k is still better for everything. Unless you want to do something that it isnt as good at. You havent told us, so Im assuming no...

EDIT: You make it sound like that is a slow machine or something. WTF are you people thinking?! 667 is a nice machine. Definitely not the fastest, but no where close to slow.

people consider a 1Ghz as "not that fast".

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Win2k. XP is alright, but 2k is still better for everything. Unless you want to do something that it isnt as good at. You havent told us, so Im assuming no...

EDIT: You make it sound like that is a slow machine or something. WTF are you people thinking?! 667 is a nice machine. Definitely not the fastest, but no where close to slow.

people consider a 1Ghz as "not that fast".

600 MHz of Alpha or MIPS gives you a lot more than 600 MHz of x86. Nevertheless, even 600 MHz of x86 isn't too bad. It would make a damn good firewall / webserver / *sql server / irc server / sendmail / pop3 / nntp server for medium usage, if running Linux or *BSD.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Win2k. XP is alright, but 2k is still better for everything. Unless you want to do something that it isnt as good at. You havent told us, so Im assuming no...

EDIT: You make it sound like that is a slow machine or something. WTF are you people thinking?! 667 is a nice machine. Definitely not the fastest, but no where close to slow.

people consider a 1Ghz as "not that fast".

600 MHz of Alpha or MIPS gives you a lot more than 600 MHz of x86. Nevertheless, even 600 MHz of x86 isn't too bad. It would make a damn good firewall / webserver / *sql server / irc server / sendmail / pop3 / nntp server for medium usage, if running Linux or *BSD.

You've got to be kidding. You can use a 600mhz box to play any but the most recent games!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

yeah i wouldnt mind having a 600mhz for a main machine.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
You've got to be kidding. You can use a 600mhz box to play any but the most recent games!

I never said you couldn't play "any but the most recent games" on a 600MHz box. I was just pointing out the many things a 600MHz box could do (at the same time even) from the perspective of someone who actually works on their computer.