Recommendations for operating system - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Aug 2006

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Subject: Re: Recommendations for operating system
   From: "Hans Franke" <Hans.Franke at siemens.com>
   Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:19:15 +0200
     To: Choctaw Bob <bob099 at centurytel.net>,
 "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"	<cctalk at
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Now, coming back to systems, I still give out P166-P233MMX systems to
people. A good configuration to run Office I found would be:

P200
64 MB RAM
4+ Gig drive as C with all Apps
4+ Gig drive partitioned as Z/D where Z is a 512 MB dedicated swap.
1 DVD drive (if possible a writer at 40 Euro)
WindowsXP
Office2003
Firefox

I'm not fond of MS software or OS but since it's pervasive having a good 
system running it for compatability is handy.

The work a day box here is P166, 128mb 4.3gb, 20gb, SCSI CD writer(plextor)
running NT4server no MS apps though. All the apps are non MS including 
Firefox and Thunderbird.  Usual uptime for the system is months of 7x24 
then I shutdown to clean dust of of the fans and the like.  Reliability 
beats speed as reboots take a long time.

Allison