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Originally Posted by ryan124712
There is a performance mode which takes away all the 'fancy' XP stuff which would help running it on systems with slower processors and little RAM - heck, I even use it sometimes with the PC in my Sig.
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So far, I haven't run into that one. If it's in there, I'll want to know where. I bought and tested both XP Home and XP Pro during the first year they were available. I never did have SP1 for it. On an XP 1500 with 256 MB's of RAM that first year, it wasn't at all acceptable. Later, I got the "Home" version when I had a faster PC, and still didn't like it with an XP 2600 that had 512 MB's of RAM.
Except for a couple of experimental installs since then, both have sat on the shelf up near the ceiling in here. I did begin using Win2000 more often after that, although I haven't pushed that one as hard as over the years I used to push on whatever OS I used most -- I'm not as actively involved in the "business" of computing since my last employer stopped offering any more teaching contracts.
I didn't optimize the install of XP on either of the oldies, other than to use the classic interface. I didn't do so when XP was new. I am now waiting to see if Microsoft will ever suggest an address I can send them their $1.75 plus tax to get a new copy of SP2 on CD. I've not had credit cards since my last divorce, never liked them at all, and my neighborhood still has copper for the POTS here. With only one cable franchise, there is no competition for broadband yet -- not where I'm located. So I'm still on dial-up.
Yes, glc, I asked the one local PC shop I do enough business with to ask favors of, and they have never had SP2 on CD, and never copied it to a CD of their own when they downloaded a copy via broadband. I might need to ask in person while the owner/ primary tech is out of his work shop, as possibly the front guy didn't recognize my name when I made the call.
