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Heh… I leave my computer on for a week at a time… I shutdown on Sunday nights… every computer need a break. The miracles of Windows 2000.
Last I checked, my Linux server had run for 154 days straight, and only because it didn’t have a UPS, and the power went out. You’re right, though, Windows 2000, which is *not* based on M$ DOS, is much more stable. I think the M$ claim is 17 times as stable as Win98. Almost as stable as some other operating systems out there. Did you know there’s a glitch in Win 98, IIRC, that it will stop runing after 37 days, even if you do nothing but turn it on and let it set? — I’m a freshman in my 4th year at UCLA and my ambition is to become a veteranarian because I love children……
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…Did you know there’s a glitch in Win 98, IIRC, that it will stop runing after 37 days, even if you do nothing but turn it on and let it set?
That’s the ONLY way you could ever run it that long, that’s for sure. — Mac
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Heh… I leave my computer on for a week at a time… I shutdown on Sunday nights… every computer need a break. The miracles of Windows 2000. Last I checked, my Linux server had run for 154 days straight, and only because it didn’t have a UPS, and the power went out.
When I get a spare computer I will try and build a Linux box. But my last attempt with RedHat 5.2 left me confused. You’re right, though, Windows 2000, which is *not* based on M$ DOS, is much more stable. I think the M$ claim is 17 times as stable as Win98. Almost as stable as some other operating systems out there. Did you know there’s a glitch in Win 98, IIRC, that it will stop runing after 37 days, even if you do nothing but turn it on and let it set?
LOL… I am not surprised. Probably a counter or something that overflows… Lee Cao – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — I’m a freshman in my 4th year at UCLA and my ambition is to become a veteranarian because I love children……
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Heh… I leave my computer on for a week at a time… I shutdown on Sunday nights… every computer need a break. The miracles of Windows 2000. Last I checked, my Linux server had run for 154 days straight, and only because it didn’t have a UPS, and the power went out. When I get a spare computer I will try and build a Linux box. But my last attempt with RedHat 5.2 left me confused.
RedHat 7.3 is the way to go. I loaded it on several four processor PIII Xeons servers without a hitch. They are running at several of my client’s sites as we speak. No need to reboot like Windows. And the best part of the deal is that RH is free. I would have had to buy Windows 2000 Advanced Server to run 4 procs for $800.00 to do the same thing. And the end-user would need to buy more client licenses. Wow! What a good deal. I like Microsoft, but Linux is the way to go. Rita
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I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed.
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FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed.
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I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed.
Assuming that this is a serious question . . . I have found the single best investment in my productivity was when I went to a dual-monitor setup. For the cost of a video card and a monitor (a few hundred dollars) I doubled my "screen real estate" and at least tripled my productivity. Did much more for me than faster chips, hard drive, etc. Bill Johnson Rebel Without A Clue
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My followup to this message from Bill Johnson bottom-posting, except when I forget: I have found the single best investment in my productivity was when I went to a dual-monitor setup. For the cost of a video card and a monitor (a few hundred dollars) I doubled my "screen real estate" and at least tripled my productivity. Did much more for me than faster chips, hard drive, etc. Bill Johnson Rebel Without A Clue
Boy, do you got that right. I picked up a GeForce G2 card from Buy.com for $50, then got a decent 17-inch Envisions monitor from Stapes for $49 (after all the rebates.) Now when I’m doing relisting on eBay, I keep two browser windows open on separate monitors and dart back and forth between them as their respective pages load. I’m able to relist two items in roughly the same time that I relisted one before. I may relist 20 items in a session (with 300-500 auctions running, you’re bound to have batches to relist) so it saves me real time. I also love moving from Word to Photoshop on separate monitors. Unless someone is doing some sort of maniac gaming or rendering full motion 3D video, it’s hard to envision anyone needing the very fastest systems offered these days. I work with 10-20MB Photoshop files all day long on an 800 Mhz Athlon, and usually have ten to 15 other applications open simultaneously, and my computer still spends a lot more time waiting for me than I do waiting for it. Sure, I’m planning on upgrading to a 2.5Ghz machine before the end of the year, but I don’t really NEED one. Neither do most people. Simple things like getting two monitors, adding another gigabyte of memory, or springing for one of those "slow" 160GB hard drives CompUsa has for $125 this week can improve your productivity a lot more.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI) I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed.
For most people most of the time, the current walmart $699 HP special is way more computer than they could possibly ever use. Spend the money on rosewood inserts instead. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI) I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed.
For the most raw speed in a desktop configuration, the new Itanium 2 CPU’s will be out any time. Of course, none of your software will run, but hey, it will be FAST! For more relevant advice, you might want to mention what software you have that has this need for speed. — Bill Shaw Email is munged with an obviously invalid domain. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt para. 3 if you need help. alt.marketing.online.ebay FAQ can be found at http:/www.banneditems.com/amoefaq.html
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI) I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed. For the most raw speed in a desktop configuration, the new Itanium 2 CPU’s will be out any time. Of course, none of your software will run, but hey, it will be FAST! For more relevant advice, you might want to mention what software you have that has this need for speed. — Bill Shaw Email is munged with an obviously invalid domain. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt para. 3 if you need help. alt.marketing.online.ebay FAQ can be found at http:/www.banneditems.com/amoefaq.html
The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI) I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed. For the most raw speed in a desktop configuration, the new Itanium 2 CPU’s will be out any time. Of course, none of your software will run, but hey, it will be FAST! For more relevant advice, you might want to mention what software you have that has this need for speed. — Bill Shaw Email is munged with an obviously invalid domain. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt para. 3 if you need help. alt.marketing.online.ebay FAQ can be found at http:/www.banneditems.com/amoefaq.html The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop.
I always look for fastest bootup configuration … saves much time dealing with BSOD in Windows and general lockups with Macintosh. — Mac (doogle)
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The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop.
I’ll keep that in mind the next time I want to use a computer to generate infinite loops. Screw benchmarks, I want to know how fast it does what I use it for. I’ve never talked to anyone outside of a lab who used their computer to run benchmark tests as a primary use. — I’m a freshman in my 4th year at UCLA and my ambition is to become a veteranarian because I love children……
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My followup to this message from "Fred A. Murphy" bottom-posting, except when I forget: The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I want to use a computer to generate infinite loops. Screw benchmarks, I want to know how fast it does what I use it for. I’ve never talked to anyone outside of a lab who used their computer to run benchmark tests as a primary use.
Boy, AMOE is a tough town when it comes to computer humor.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My followup to this message from "Fred A. Murphy" bottom-posting, except when I forget: The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I want to use a computer to generate infinite loops. Screw benchmarks, I want to know how fast it does what I use it for. I’ve never talked to anyone outside of a lab who used their computer to run benchmark tests as a primary use. Boy, AMOE is a tough town when it comes to computer humor.
Even *I* got Don’s post! Maybe they thought he wrote "indefinite loops"? Kris
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I just built one… MSI KT3 Ultra Mother Board – $77 Athlon 1800+ – $90 Crucial 512MB DDR PC2100 – $100 Thermaltake Volcano 7 – $15 Visiontek nVidia GeForce GTS-V – $47 IBM 80GB 7200RPM – $80 Lite-On 16X DVD Rom – $30 Verbatim 40×12x48 CD-RW – $27 (fatwallet.com deal) Enlite Mid-Tower case – $42 Total: $508 I reused my old floppy drive, IDE 100MB Zip drive, Microsoft Keyboard, Logitec Mouseman Extreme optical wireless mouse, and Vewsonic G810 21" monitor. 
I am on a 2-year upgrade cycle. The parts I retired were given to charity. I do mostly programming and some Photoshop work on my machine. I no longer play much games on my computer since buying my PS2. <== something that I thought would never happen. Lee Cao
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – FIC AN 11 Mobo 512 DDR <Actually better than Rambus Athlon XP 2200+ My 2100+ Doubled a P4 2.4! In most of Sandras benchmarks. If you wanna go all out get a few 15K SCSI Drive but a good 7200 Raid array is more than enough. An ATI FIRE GL 128MB DDR Video card. <– this cards dangerous. Or a Pro Grade Elsa but they’re $2000 450W Power supply So you can run some Cathode lights. and your set. All for under $3000 (Unless you go SCSI) I an infrequent poster here but I do respect the opinions of most people here. I will be building (yes another one) another computer. Wife is getting a promotion and she will keep this P4 1.5 Asus P4T 512mb rambus with two ATA 100 video cards, 64 meg GeFroce 3 card and several 3 com nic’s Any thoughts? Looking for speed, speed, and more speed. For the most raw speed in a desktop configuration, the new Itanium 2 CPU’s will be out any time. Of course, none of your software will run, but hey, it will be FAST! For more relevant advice, you might want to mention what software you have that has this need for speed. — Bill Shaw Email is munged with an obviously invalid domain. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt para. 3 if you need help. alt.marketing.online.ebay FAQ can be found at http:/www.banneditems.com/amoefaq.html The key benchmark on any fast computer is how fast it will execute an infinite loop. I always look for fastest bootup configuration … saves much time dealing with BSOD in Windows and general lockups with Macintosh.
Heh… I leave my computer on for a week at a time… I shutdown on Sunday nights… every computer need a break. The miracles of Windows 2000. Lee Cao – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — Mac (doogle)
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