[simpits-tech] Windows Questions

[Nathan Giard]

Hi guys,

This is my first post even though I've been lurking for years! But
finally here's a subject I can comment on.

XP Home doesn't support SMP, and also, is crippled in the networking
department. It can't be added to a domain. Any version of XP or Win2k
will take advantage of the ram you have.

Like Gene said, you will probably have performance issues under Win98
because of its inability to cache that much ram. Also, Win98 won't even
see the second processor.

Good luck!

Nathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bubba [mailto:mysticz28 at swbell.net] 
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:22 AM
To: Simulator Cockpit tech list
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Windows Questions


Brian Sikkema wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> A) What's the situation with XP Home? Good? Bad? Ugly? Can it handle 
> the system specs?
> B) Until I get XP, can 98 handle this machine? I know it won't take 
> advantage of the 2nd processor or the 3GB RAM, but will it be able to 
> run?

I will answer these questions upon the reciept of one of those machines
;)

A) It should, haven't had any problems with XPH so far except for things
caused by other software. No hardware issues at all. It was even a
breeze to install a 2nd sound card as the default card so I can use the
onboard card for Teamspeak.

B) Yes, but you'll want to check on the issues with memory in excess of
512m and the swapfile.
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