"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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> In news:7abvr3F1uv4doU1@mid.individual.net,
> olfart typed on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:24:19 -0400:
>> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
>> news:h1qdba$k2r$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> In news:9m2045d9g4dv8c2r3ae6pgtlo4mevfjfg0@4ax.com,
>>> AJL typed on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:20:57 -0700:
>>>> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 4G netbooks can't even handle XP with SP3.
>>>>
>>>> That is a problem with very small SSD netbooks. They pretty much are
>>>> limited to Linux. And the general public doesn't seem to care much
>>>> for Linux so I imagine that they will go the way of the Palm
>>>> Pilot... ;)
>>>
>>> Naw... Windows 2000 SP4 only needs 700MB and runs very well on
>>> netbooks. At least on the Asus netbooks anyway. Still lots of new
>>> copies of Windows 2000 being sold on eBay too.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bill
>>> Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195)
>>> Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
>>
>> Yes, the eeePC701 4gb 2g Ram 16g SDHC Card does very well with Win
>> 2000, but there are several programs I use which don't play well with
>> W2000 so I still run the full version of XP SP3 with all updates and
>> the 701 does very well with it.
>
> Yes this is true. I can use either myself. Although I had to stop using
> Maxthon 1.5.6 with XP SP3. It causes webpages to load so slowly.
>
>> No, I don't do Photoshop or Video editing on it, but I have most
>> common programs installed plus garmin GPS and HAVA Video streaming
>> and am using approx 2.4gb of the 4gb SSD.
>
> That is what I remember XP only using of a 4GB SSD. But I checked again
> and the OEM version of XP for Asus only has 400MB free. I can delete Works
> v9 and the Live stuff to get about 800MB free, but still not a lot and not
> enough to install SP3. I should grab my XP install disks and see what size
> they install at.
>
>> Plenty of room on the 16gb SDHC for large files and I have put
>> several large programs(GPS) on the card with no noticable performance
>> loss. Of course I can still plug in a second 16gb card via USB card
>> reader for movies, etc. If I need to use some of the larger programs
>> on my main computer I just connect up to it via www.logmein.com and
>> run anything I want remotely from anywhere I have internet access.
>
> I have three 16GB now. Very nice for extra storage.
>
>> I don't use a swap file or hibernate to save hd space and this has
>> never caused my performance to suffer....<wink><grin> and a big (:>)
>
> Very good idea. <big grin>
>
> --
> Bill
> Windows XP Home SP3 (5.1.2600)
> Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
>
>
I use an old version of Works...made for Win95 and it gets the job done
without all the xtra crap. Don't remember how much space it uses, but I know
it's smaller than V9. Another space waster is system restore...which I don't
use either. Also....are you putting your temp files and My Documents onto
your SDHC Card? And I'm sure you delete all the hotfix and SP3 uninstall
files. If you dig s\aroung ther is alot that can be deleted or transferred
off of Drive C and still have a pretty good running system.