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Original Message 1/13 27-Jan-03 @ 09:33 PM - What OS for budget AMD build?

hutchshop

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I'm doing the budget PC build featured in the dt article 'building a budget pc' or whatever. Can anyone suggest which OS I should use?

I'm planning to use it primarily for mixing down to begin with, so I plan to use Sonar or something that hosts dx plugs.

matt

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Message 2/13 27-Jan-03 @ 10:38 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

psylichon

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sonar = wdm drivers = XP.

Unless sonar 2.2's ASIO support turns out to be all I hope it will. Then 98 might be a great platform for Sonar.

psy

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Message 3/13 28-Jan-03 @ 05:09 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

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2k! It's like XP but not so damn enourmous.

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Message 4/13 28-Jan-03 @ 05:31 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

psylichon

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2k is good, but it can be tough sometimes to get up-to-date drivers for audio/video cards. Multimedia support in general is not as seamless as XP. I thought I'd never use the built-in media capabilities of XP but I find them useful everyday. Just something to consider...

psy

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Message 5/13 28-Jan-03 @ 10:00 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

influx

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and XP is really quite easy to slim down. just takes a little work and it runs GREAT

Ive never seen a system boot so fast as mine does!

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Message 6/13 29-Jan-03 @ 08:51 AM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

dARKSTATe

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XP XP XP.. ya hear me Craig..

XP XP XP...

(And don't you DARE post that past post of mine Influx!)

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Message 7/13 29-Jan-03 @ 07:53 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

Anex

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'but it can be tough sometimes to get up-to-date drivers for audio/video cards'

2K uses the same drivers as XP!?

2K is a man's OS. Don't be a nancy, use 2000!

j/k

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Message 8/13 30-Jan-03 @ 08:39 AM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

dARKSTATe

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Fcuk 2K.. go XP baby

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Message 9/13 30-Jan-03 @ 10:16 AM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

influx

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"2K uses the same drivers as XP!? "

not completely true

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Message 10/13 30-Jan-03 @ 12:26 PM - RE: What OS for budget AMD build?

Anex

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Well I haven't seen many bits of H/W which doesn't use a consolidated 2K/XP driver install? Even my cheapo TV card does. I'm sure some company somewhere does but you can't dismiss 2K on that fer feks sake. If you look on most s/w or h/w forums at the mo (not talking exclusively about music production here) they are full of 'Doesn't do this that and the otter on XP...'
I know this will just take time and 2K was the same in it's infancy but 2K is about 3 years old now and is stable as f0rk, causes next to no problems at all, is smaller and (I find) faster than XP and is all round just fantastic. Microsoft have almost got OS's right with 2000, now all they need to do is stop wasting all my f'in clock cycles on f'in POSIX and OS2 support, having 640k base, stopping me damn well deleting what ever the hell I feel like deleting and not giving me access to alot of the system core stuff and I'll be happy.
Bloody windows. Get linux instead. Actually, I hate windows. In fact I hate everything. I'm going back to bed.

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