[pr-man]

Dell Inspiron 8000

P3 1ghz
512 megs pc133
30 gig HD
CDRW/DVDrom combo
wifi card
15" UXGA
Geforce2 Go 32 meg
56k/v90
etc etc

[pr-man]

also is it worth overclocking the p3 1ghz?

[peterh]

Windows 2000 or XP will work fine on this machine.

Microsoft will end Mainstream support for Win 2000 Pro in June 2005 which means you will not be able to buy it from retailers etc.

See
http://support.micro...t.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeWin

[pr-man]

anyone else?

Plus does sp4 add any plugnplay functionality to 2k?

[GTwannabe]

XP SP2 if you use wireless; wireless support in 2000 is clunky at best. W2k is NT 5.0 and XP is NT 5.1; just turn off the Fischer Price desktop and switch to Windows Classic mode and you'll forget you're even using XP. XP features System Restore, which is very useful for recovering from driver installs gone bad that would permanently BSOD/hang-on-boot a W2k box.

As far as SP2 causing problems, it doesn't unless:

1. Your machine is infected with Spyware/Mal-ware/Viruses

2. You don't know how to work the Windows Firewall, which is turned on by default in SP2.

[ah111467]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100, 1ghz, 512mb RAM, 60gb HD, CDRW & DVD drives, pretty much matches your setup. I run XP SP2 with no problems. It moves really fast and is definitely good for wireless (just upgraded my Dell TM 1500 internal to an Intel 2200 802.11g internal, does great).

2000 SP4 would do very good also, ran faster on my laptop, but XP SP2 is just slightly slower, no real important degredation. Just the usual you would expect from moving to the next OS.

And definitely get rid of the crayola interface on XP...

[GTwannabe]