Re: XP, 2K, or ME (was: RE: VPC: which runs fastest, XP, 2000, 98?)

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From: Jim B (babcoc2_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: 19 Sep 2004 14:58:03 -0700

billyed@pacbell.net (Bill Williamson) wrote in message news:<a4c58075.0409141343.5324fc5c@posting.google.com>...
> Joel Nelson <joel.w.nelson1@no.msn.spam.com> wrote in message news:<BD6BCAEB.5DB9%joel.w.nelson1@no.msn.spam.com>...
> > On 9/13/04 7:28 PM, in article
> > a4c58075.0409131628.192da121@posting.google.com, Bill Williamson wrote:
> >
> > > Joel Nelson <joel.w.nelson1@no.msn.spam.com> wrote in message
> > > news:<BD6B5288.5D69%joel.w.nelson1@no.msn.spam.com>...
> > >> I currently have Windows ME in VPC 6.1.1 -- its performance is acceptable
> > >> but it's still Windows ME? would I have any speed improvement or better
> > >> stability with either Windows 2000 or Windows XP? I1ll stay with ME if
> > >> it1s the fastest option (other than 95/98/NT4) but if I could use either
> > >> 2000 or XP without sacrificing speed and performance that would be great. I
> > >> know Microsoft advertises XP as the 3fastest Windows2 and XP supports the
> > >> most programs, but I know it is also a bigger OS and it seems it would
> > >> significantly slow things down. I don1t know anything about Windows 2000 ?
> > >> I know that despite XP1s popularity people in the PC world are still buying
> > >> Windows 2000 ? but since I guess it1s also a WinNT-based system rather than
> > >> a DOS-based system would it also be slow?
> > >>
> > >> Specs:
> > >> iBook G3 700 MHz
> > >> OS X (10.3.5)
> > >> 384 MB RAM
> > >> Microsoft Virtual PC 6.1.1
> > >> Hi Joel:
> > > I've never run Win ME on VPC, but have used 98,2000, and XP with 98
> > > being the fastest. For reliability and stability however I like 2000
> > > Pro - its almost as fast as 98 and has many more features. XP has a
> > > lot of eye candy and is a real huge memory and disk space hog. In
> > > order to get it to run adequately much of this has to turned off - see
> > > a web site called blackviper.com for some good advice.
> > >
> > >
> > >> --
> > Would XP with all eye candy/effects off still be slower than 2000 or would
> > they be about the same? XP seems to be more secure with the SP2 but if 2000
> > would still be faster it will be the way to
>
> In my opinion 2000 is the fastest OS to use with VPC even with XP
> stripped down. I only run a couple of Baseball stats and Baseball
> Encyclopedia programs in Windows and nothing else - don't access the
> Internet (except for Windows Update), don't check email, don't keep
> and Address Book, but if you do these things maybe XP SP2 version's
> heightened security would be something to think about.
>
> What I've found about VPC is that a faster processor is by far the
> single most important thing in running emulation software. My machine
> is about a 4 year old Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450 - and nothing I did to
> upgrade it made much difference until I replaced the old processor
> with a 1.4GHz - I had maxed out the memory and installed a larger
> HardDrive with not much to show for it - but the new processor did the
> trick. Screen redraws and app launch times are now acceptable.
>
> Another opinion of mine - not shared by everyone - is that Virtual PC
> runs better on Mac OS 9 not Classic, but true OS 9 and preferably on
> it's own separate HardDrive. Take printing for example - in VPC in OS
> 9 you install and USE the native Windows drivers for your printer,
> that is you print directly from Windows to your USB printer. In OS X
> though the Windows driver hands off, so to speak, to the Mac driver to
> do the actual printing and it's my experience that something is always
> lost in translation. One seems to have less control of things like
> margins and font settings.
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I noticed in the above reply that you said.......:

> a 4 year old Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450 - and nothing I did to
> upgrade it made much difference until I replaced the old processor
> with a 1.4GHz - I had maxed out the memory and installed a larger
> HardDrive with not much to show for it - but the new processor did the
> trick. Screen redraws and app launch times are now acceptable.

I thought that VPC will NOT run on a 3rd party processor upgrade....
Is this what you did to get the 1.4GHZ speed inside your OLD G4?

If it is what happened, will you please give me the source for the new
Processor (& cost, if you don't mind).?

I have an old G4 400 / 704MB / 100GB. I just can't swing a G5... (Or,
a new G4).
W2K runs "OK" but could be a lot better.

Cheers, Jim B
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