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Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-20, 08:14

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It HAS to be Windows. Its not about Linux being a better option, its about finding a windows thats best suited for this. So far XP has the best score. I recently found out that Microsoft Security essentials also work on XP.

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 22:59

by Stojke

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Cool, thats a nice thing, i will search on it more, thanks 😀

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 22:44

by Stojke

in Milliways

Doesn't matter. Im interested into the initial question in the topic. Which of the older systems is best suited for todays web, and why.

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 21:47

by Stojke

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Because windows. Its not about which is easier, its about finding out what is the best configuration for this task. @ Jorpho That doesn't concern me who knows what he is installing and what he is downloading and what he is browsing. And some of those things aren't possible to disable.

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 17:15

by Stojke

in Milliways

Why does a program need to verify anything?

Re: The best PCI IDE controller?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 16:54

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I also recommend SilconImage PCI SATA controllers, i have 2 SATA 1.5 controllers by SiliconImage, both work pretty awesome.

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 16:24

by Stojke

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Jorpho: Threads like these and similar: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/w … -164331963.html D1stortion: Purely for fun / testing 😀 Better question is why not?

Re: Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 15:56

by Stojke

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Thanks for the info guys. Well, i currently have about 5 computers and i wanted to experiment a bit. I already have windows 7 that I'm using for the past two years, best windows so far if you ask me. But I'm interested in technically how much can i get with 98/XP. I have various configurations, from …

Best choice of Windows for internet browsing?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 14:25

by Stojke

in Milliways

Knowing how Micro$oft is integrating more and more things that can be abused to spy on people, which is the most basic windows system to use for internet browsing? This includes downloading files, watching youtube, reading e mail, etc. No gaming, other applications. Ive been reading and some people …

Re: VOGONS Wiki (retro hardware reference)

Posted on 2013-02-17, 21:12

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Where would one put complete computer configuration, such as for example HP vectra XU 5, how would structure of the article look like? Should we to construct a blank (write guide) or something? For example: 1. Short info... 2. History of origin... 3. Components... 4. CPU / MoBo / GPU / etc... …

Re: [S3 Virge DX] VS [ATi 3D Rage II+DVD]

Posted on 2013-02-13, 13:31

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, the ATi card is 5$, so i guessed if its better, why not. I want to have a card for dos gaming, i want to install DOS 6.22 alongside NT4 (dont know why, experimenting). So its noting serious, i don't want to play OpenGL / DX Windows games.

[S3 Virge DX] VS [ATi 3D Rage II+DVD]

Posted on 2013-02-13, 12:20

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Which of these two graphics cards performs better in both 2D (DOS games) and 3D (windows applications)? I have S3 Virge DX 4MB model and i can buy a ATi 3D Rage II+DVD with max RAM (dont know the exact value). I want to use one of these in my HP Vectra XU 5 (it has 2 PCI slots Dual Pentium I)( …

Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-02-04, 13:24

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are you sure you've got what it takes to handle that bad boy? 😏

Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-02-02, 19:03

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh i see, i saw those voltage converters, i will have to do some research. yeah the CD Rom is nice, but i replaced it with a much newer TEAC model, also scsi 😀

Re: Turtle Beach Pinnacle question

Posted on 2013-02-02, 08:45

by Stojke

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Interesting, have you ever thought of documenting your own collection? Do you have any newer AuzenTech cards, or newer professional Creative / Others cards?

Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-01-31, 08:30

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah, what do i know 😀 Thanks for that as well, now i know. So my only option for MMX is the OverDrive?

Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-01-30, 10:19

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It actually says SmartGen. Also, these are MMX Pentiums it seems. Im having some System problems, some one installed windows 98 on this.

Re: HP Vectra XU 90C

Posted on 2013-01-30, 08:07

by Stojke

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Its here :D Central Processing Units Motherboard Its actually a dual Socket 5 unit, it has 2x 133MHz Pentium processors. It has an ATX PSU, IDE/Floppy/SCSI connectors, integrated LAN and 4x ISA 2x PCI slots. The internal HDD and CDROM run on SCSI 50pin. The controler is an AMD chip. Hard drive is …