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  • Windows 98

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  • Windows ME

    1 1.61%

  • Windows 2000

    13 20.97%

  • Windows XP

    36 58.06%

  • Linux

    8 12.90%

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  1. 12-05-2002, 05:19 AM #1
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    Wink Best OS for laptops

    Best OS for laptops?

    *best defined as most reliable, fastest performing, etc

    Windows 2000 apparently works the best with my POS laptop. I'm surprised
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  2. 12-05-2002, 07:59 AM #2
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    Windows XP, hands down. The boot and wake up times are very fast, which saves a lot of waiting when you're using your system on the go. It's stable, secure, and works very well on a laptop.
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  3. 12-05-2002, 10:32 AM #3
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    I'll second BloodRed. Windows XP also has better built-in driver support for laptops and its power management features are a bit more mature, too.
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  4. 12-05-2002, 10:43 AM #4
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    Debian works great on my laptop.
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  6. 12-05-2002, 12:07 PM #5
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    XP has inbuilt control of the Intel Speedstep interface. Win2k requires a separate utility to interact with Speedstep.
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    Windows 2000! Eat's the least reasources while gives the best stablility and security!
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  8. 12-05-2002, 02:12 PM #7
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    I'll have to say XP, I like the option to have 2 network settings for the NIC, I have DHCP set as the main one for when I'm at work and a static set for when I go home. of course a couple batch files with NETSH works too but I like just not having to run a batch file
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  9. 12-05-2002, 05:26 PM #8
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    Win XP...although i notice slower load times.....but only by about 10seconds....which i can deal with. Cant beat the driver support.....but i have huge stability problems with it...that may be fixed with a fresh format and install.
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  11. 12-05-2002, 07:00 PM #9
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    I never reload the OS on my notebook. I have the power setting so that when I close the lid, the notebook hibernates. When I turn on the power again the OS and applications start right from where they were when I hibernated. No rebooting, very fast - simply reload memory from disk.
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    Make sure you reboot occasionally. I'm sure there are still memory leaks floating about, and they will add up eventually.
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    but is it winXP home or pro. ? I personally like pro. better because i am big into networking a ton of computers and what not (Cisco freak here)
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  14. 12-08-2002, 09:56 AM #12
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    Originally posted by Frostburn
    Make sure you reboot occasionally. I'm sure there are still memory leaks floating about, and they will add up eventually.
    I've not run into a memory leak in many years. Not since Windows 3x (never run 9x). I typically boot once or twice a year for kernal patches.
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    I voted XP as well. The boot time is awesome, and with Cleartype enabled, the beauty of LCD screens really shines. I am thinking about trying 2000 on there though, just to give it another shot. I run 2000 on my main rig and am very pleased with it.
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    Originally posted by Royal Oaks
    I voted XP as well. The boot time is awesome, and with Cleartype enabled, the beauty of LCD screens really shines. I am thinking about trying 2000 on there though, just to give it another shot. I run 2000 on my main rig and am very pleased with it.
    try out win2k again...i'm sure you'll be very impressed with its speed The time it takes for XP to open up an application as opposed to the time win2k takes is significantly higher by tens of seconds. My laptop specs aren't even close to what the recommended specs are for running XP, but with win2k i feel as if my 64mb of sdram is really being put to use
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  17. 12-09-2002, 05:59 PM #15
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    Originally posted by tYteaZzAzN

    try out win2k again...i'm sure you'll be very impressed with its speed The time it takes for XP to open up an application as opposed to the time win2k takes is significantly higher by tens of seconds. My laptop specs aren't even close to what the recommended specs are for running XP, but with win2k i feel as if my 64mb of sdram is really being put to use
    With the meager amount of memory you have, I'm surprised you like the speed of Win2k. You are most likely using the page file frequently. That significantly slows performance.

    My WinXP notebook keeps up with my Win2k Server desktop as far as opening apps, etc. Both boxes are similar in terms of proc speed (2GHz) and memory (512MB). The XP box is a notebook so it has a much slower disk drive (5.4k rpm IDE) than the desktop (15k rpm SCSI). With adequate system resources WinXP is actually faster than Win2k because of kernal mode code improvements.
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