Help?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Wed Jan 23, 2002 3:23 pm

Originally posted by Alienbob
what did you spill coffee on it or something?

Nope. My computer's over three years old and has, obviously, just decided to die, but that's fine with me. With my new computer, I'll be able to play BG2 at it's maximum abilities.

Alienbob · Post by **Alienbob** » Wed Jan 23, 2002 3:27 pm

yeah i know what you mean. when i first got BG2 the only pc available to me was a 200mhz pentium with crappy onboard graphics. then when i bought a 900mhz with a geforce 2 mx. needless to say the performance improved a lot. though it did take a little getting used to going from a frame rate of 20 to whatever i have it at now, 30 i think. i was amazed that everything could move so fast.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 3:36 pm

Originally posted by Alienbob
yeah i know what you mean. when i first got BG2 the only pc available to me was a 200mhz pentium with crappy onboard graphics. then when i bought a 900mhz with a geforce 2 mx. needless to say the performance improved a lot. though it did take a little getting used to going from a frame rate of 20 to whatever i have it at now, 30 i think. i was amazed that everything could move so fast.

Well, my new computer is going to arrive sometime today. Can't wait to get it all hooked up. I just hope I don't have too much trouble with it. I'm worn out from having to fix the networking problems that were caused today when my dad installed Windows XP on his computer. *sigh*

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 3:40 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

I'm worn out from having to fix the networking problems that were caused today when my dad installed Windows XP on his computer. *sigh*

What on earth possessed him to go to Windows XP? And why did you let him?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 3:40 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

Nope. My computer's over three years old and has, obviously, just decided to die, but that's fine with me. With my new computer, I'll be able to play BG2 at it's maximum abilities.

I recently upgraded mine and i have to say that IWD (with HoW) is much better looking than BG2

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 4:29 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave

What on earth possessed him to go to Windows XP? And why did you let him?

He got it for only $15 from Gateway, something special they were did for everyone who had bought a Gateway that had WinMe on it.

I almost had him convinced not to, but he decided to do so anyway. He's rather computer illiterate, more so with software than with hardware; and doesn't really understand what's wrong with it, no matter how many times I try to explain it to him. I told him that, if he's going to upgrade, go with Win98SE(I consider it an upgrade, no matter what you're upgrading from) instead of WinXP, but he wouldn't listen to me. He's got the attitude of "It's my computer, I can install WinXP on it if I want to." Because of the network(and his being the comp that dials up), it affects mine and mom's computers some(he doesn't believe it does, even though it caused network trouble

), and when there's a problem, I'm the one who has to fix it, but he still thinks it only affects him. *sigh*

Well, my new comp is here, so as soon as I finish backing some stuff up, I'm going to shut down and put it together.

How soon I get back on will depend on how much trouble I have.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 4:33 pm

Originally posted by Mr Sleep

I recently upgraded mine and i have to say that IWD (with HoW) is much better looking than BG2

Well, I've been playing IWD(w/o HoW) on my laptop. I wonder what it'll look like on my new computer.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 5:50 pm

I hope it all works for you SS

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 7:28 pm

If you really love your father, you will get one of those MiB things and flash him so he forgets that he ever got Windows XP. Gateway probably sent him the Home Edition, which some guys downstairs in my building absolutely hate. They say it's buggy and has a lot of hardware compatibility issues.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 8:25 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave
If you really love your father, you will get one of those MiB things and flash him so he forgets that he ever got Windows XP. Gateway probably sent him the Home Edition, which some guys downstairs in my building absolutely hate. They say it's buggy and has a lot of hardware compatibility issues.

I wish I could.

He's happy because it's supposed to be stable.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 8:52 pm

Originally posted by Nippy
I hope it all works for you SS

Sadly, it doesn't. I hooked everything up(correctly, too!) and I went to turn it on and nothing happened. I've got a friend from church who knows a lot about computers(I think his job is making chips for Intel) over trying to figure out what the problem is. So far, looks like it came with a bad power supply.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:17 pm

If you really love your father, you will get one of those MiB things and flash him so he forgets that he ever got Windows XP. Gateway probably sent him the Home Edition, which some guys downstairs in my building absolutely hate. They say it's buggy and has a lot of hardware compatibility issues

I don't know about the home edition, but I am running professional, and have had no problems......

damn, now that I have said that, watch my whole system go down.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:32 pm

Is XP worth buying?

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:38 pm

I guess it depends on who you ask. Personally, I won't go back to win 9x. I have been running professional for awhile, and love it. However, I have heard there are certain hardware issues, such as you have to activate the OS, and once you do it kinda ties itself in with your hardware. Basically, if you uprade a lot, you wind up having to call Microsoft to reactivate the OS because after so many changes, it just locks you out.

I don't know the specifics, I am using it on a liscence we have through the college where I work, so we are exempt from that feature. It's a good thing we are liscecsed for work AND home use.

Microsoft was SUPPOSED to address that issue, but who knows?

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:45 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
I guess it depends on who you ask. Personally, I won't go back to win 9x. I have been running professional for awhile, and love it. However, I have heard there are certain hardware issues, such as you have to activate the OS, and once you do it kinda ties itself in with your hardware. Basically, if you uprade a lot, you wind up having to call Microsoft to reactivate the OS because after so many changes, it just locks you out.

I don't know the specifics, I am using it on a liscence we have through the college where I work, so we are exempt from that feature. It's a good thing we are liscecsed for work AND home use.

Microsoft was SUPPOSED to address that issue, but who knows?

I consider microsoft to be the "best of the bad," and I think Win98SE is the best OS they've got. That's why I bought it(paid $80) to install on my new computer.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:49 pm

Just my feeling--but I remain perfectly happy with 98. And a friend of mine, who built my current computer (a professional, with his own shop), has tried to enthusiastically interest me in XP. But the few new features don't seem terribly interesting to me, while it hogs more resources and moves more slowly than its predecessors.

If you want an unbiased Q&A about XP, try this website: http://www.scotfinnie.com/newsletter/14.htm#winxprep

Scot's a friend (and former editor) of mine. (Former, because Windows Magazine, where I used to work was in the end, as Scot put it, an editorial success and a business failure--this despite being a newstand success as a print mag for more than a decade.) His comments are pertinent well-researched.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:50 pm

80 bucks? either that is cheap, or they are seriously overcharging around my area.

I can get the uprade version for about 80. Actually, I can't find the full version anywhere local.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:52 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
80 bucks? either that is cheap, or they are seriously overcharging around my area.

I can get the uprade version for about 80. Actually, I can't find the full version anywhere local.

I got it at Sam's, tax free.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:56 pm

Originally posted by fable
Just my feeling--but I remain perfectly happy with 98. And a friend of mine, who built my current computer (a professional, with his own shop), has tried to enthusiastically interest me in XP. But the few new features don't seem terribly interesting to me, while it hogs more resources and moves more slowly than its predecessors.

My dad thinks that only young people don't like Windows XP, but I knew he was wrong!

Hmm...fable and I both agree on the XP issue. We must be right.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:56 pm

damn you.....................

must have been your mini-skirt