Anyone using XP-64? Choosing an OS help.

I am just planning a new build PC based around an Athlon 64 3000+ so I can be as future proof as possible but I can't make my mind up over the OS. What should I install ( I want to dual boot with SUSE 9.3 which is 64-bit capable).

Cost wise, XP-64 is the same cost as XP-Pro and I think I can find drivers for everything. XP Home would save about £40. I want to set up a RAID 0 system for program files and data and have a seperate hard drive partitioned for the OS's. If I do this, how will my OS upgrade path affect data / programs on a different hard drive.

Problems, problems. Yes, i know I should choose a Mac, Andrew, but I can't build my own Mac yet. Its bad enough choosing a processor and motherboard combo, without trouble over an OS.

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:45 am Post subject:

XP Home and then upgrade to Longwait, cough-I-mean-Long-horn. If you're going to upgrade anyway why not go for the cheaper option.

Oor you could upgrade to Longhorn now with one of the many leaked versions which it would be almost impossible to find drivers for.

That would be fun.

NetHosted Customer Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 287

isn't it now called Vista?

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

It is called Vista at the moment (Ruby, 07, 06 were other options looking at domain names that microsoft registered). There is another software company called Vista that is rumoured to be sueing so watch this space.

NetHosted Customer Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 287

yes, I used to work on Vista about 15 years ago or more, its a 4GL that used to sit on DEC Vax systems. Was very big in the publishing industry. Lets face it if Microsoft really want the name, no-one will stop them

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:

It might cost them a few million though. Small change to M$

NetHosted Customer Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 17

Vista was also a fractal-based terrain rendering-type program

for the Amiga in the 90's that the amiga mags used to give away on the coverdisks

Hours of endless fun sat watching it render scenes and export them to images, so you could then bolt the images together as an animated flyby of your map!

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

I have narrowed the mobo's down to three:

1. ECS K8 NVIDIA -Socket 939 (K51150) NFORCE4-A939

at £54
2.MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SKT939 nForce4

at £83
3. Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939

at £73

Hadn't made my mind up yet as the choices as so confusing. The mobo is probably the most important decision so I'm taking my time. I want USB, Firewire, SATA, PCI-e, 4 RAM slots, don't need SLI.

Ian

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Just found this mobo by Foxconn

, may be my favourite at the moment and only £70

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:

Tom

seems to be taken with the MSI.

Regards,

Pete

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