--- HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:53:15 -0700 (PDT) > Tango Echo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I've got a couple 200 Mhz 128 MB Dells that I'd
> I would recommend XFCE4, it's easy to install, > thanks to Todd Slater > there are RPMs on the site, and is extremely light, > should run fine on > those machines, I know it did on my P233 with > similar memory. I've always thought IceWM to be one of the lightest WMs. There probably isn't a way to weigh these things, but you find XFCE4 to be faster?? > If it is possible, I might recommend picking up some > additional RAM, > SDRAM for those boxes is cheaper than duck shit > right now, you can pick > up a 128MB stick for about 20 or 30 dollars. > It's at around $15 on pricewatch... =) Gotta love inexpensive RAM! I've thought about purchasing a faster processor (400-500Mhz?) since they are quite cheap too. However, then the mobo and disks could probably use an upgrade as well. The ideal situation would be to get these things functional w/out any additional purchases or hardware changes. > > If not, what do you suggst I do for these systems? > I > > still have the MDK 8.2 disks, but Mandrake dropped > > support for this version - this could lead to a > > comprimised system. > > I would even suggest grabbing the latest 9.2 > release, there have been > some enhancements and fixes that are fairly > significant. This is where you got me... It almost sounds that you're saying 9.2 is not any more (if not less) recsource intensive then 8.2. It may seem to be a windows mentality, but I would think common sense would dictate that more advanced software requires more advanced hardware. What's the case here? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
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