Installing old Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron Mini?
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From: RnR on 19 Sep 2009 23:40 On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:44:17 +0200, Happy Oyster <happy.oyster(a)ariplex.com> wrote: >On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:22:42 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >>And if you boot up Ubuntu Live and not even touching the hard drive at >>all, Ubuntu modifies your Windows partition (happened to me three times >>and to somebody else). And when you install Linux after Windows it >>screws up your Windows installation. > >Ubuntu is one of the most insane things I ever saw. It is disgusting. Ubuntu is >just as usefull as "filled" baby diapers in a ventilator fan. It is an insult to >any human brain. > > >>But what Aribert won't tell you is that UNIX/Linux isn't very useful at >>all. Nor is the security very good at all. Rootkits came out first from >>the Unix/Linux world and not from the Windows world (by about 15 years). >>Some distros doesn't even have a firewall. And Linux doesn't have a >>100th of the applications that Windows has. No, Aribert won't tell you >>any of this stuff. Why? Because he is afraid too. <grin> > >The only problem with the Linux programmers is that they are schizophrenic: they >claim to be better than Microsoft, but they copy Microsoft's mess. > >The problem with nearly ALL programmers: they have no clues about a work should >be done effectively. One of the best examples: WordStar. This program (latest >sold version dates from 1992) still is better than all of those sold later. For >17 years the programmers on earth were (and are) too damned stupid to keep up >with that fine piece of artwork. WordStar, by the way, runs on DOS. This is the >reason why I still use DOS. Honestly I don't use dos programs any more but I won't laugh at you for saying this because I like the old dos programs for two reasons. They were a lot less bloated (actually not bloated) and you had better control over them or behind them... ie: desqview386 and qemm5.1 .
From: Ben Myers on 19 Sep 2009 23:53 Happy Oyster wrote: > On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:21:09 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: > >> There is a really simple solution to a Windows-Linux dual boot problem. >> Two hard drives... Ben Myers > > IF you are able to install a second drive. But in a netbook you do not have this > choice. > > Also, the installation is not as simple as you think, because IF there is a > choice for a second HDD, on that HDD willl be more OSes installed. With 2 HDDs > it is 3+3= 6 OSes or 3+4 = 7 OSes. > > If it is only 1 HDD, it is a meager 3 OSes. ;O) > > And not to forget: the other OSes are in virtual machines... The number dpends > on the size of the HDD(s). Sure you have a choice. Remove one drive and pop in a second one... Ben
From: Ben Myers on 19 Sep 2009 23:53 Happy Oyster wrote: > On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:25:07 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: > >> If XP is that bad for you, why do you even use it at all? ... Ben Myers > > For 2 simple reasons: > > 1. Needed for some special communications protocol. > > 2. Needed for some special sanning purposes, for which Linux does not have the > right programs. Oh, then Windows XP isn't so bad after all... Ben
From: Happy Oyster on 20 Sep 2009 00:01 On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:53:28 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >>> There is a really simple solution to a Windows-Linux dual boot problem. >>> Two hard drives... Ben Myers >> >> IF you are able to install a second drive. But in a netbook you do not have this >> choice. >Sure you have a choice. Remove one drive and pop in a second one... Ben I am only talking about the things built-in. -- "Syrer besetzten die St�dte, frevelten dort um die Wette. Wollten von Jahwe nichts wissen, wurden von L�wen zerrissen." http://www.reimbibel.de
From: BillW50 on 20 Sep 2009 10:51
In news:h5abb5dbn06aeib7l29dr2cha4hhdhl4dg(a)4ax.com, Happy Oyster typed on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:01:45 +0200: > On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:53:28 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> > wrote: > >>>> There is a really simple solution to a Windows-Linux dual boot >>>> problem. Two hard drives... Ben Myers >>> >>> IF you are able to install a second drive. But in a netbook you do >>> not have this choice. > >> Sure you have a choice. Remove one drive and pop in a second one... >> Ben > > I am only talking about the things built-in. Why are you buying non-removable drives in netbooks and then complaining about them? I have two Asus EeePC 702 and I swap out the SSD drives all of the time. And each one has a different OS on them. -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC |