Which OS for an old Pentium II? - GoFuckYourself.com

DanielS · 09-12-2005, 04:53 PM

I need to get online a old PII over ICS in my home network, but I hate WinMe, any suggestions? I need to run photoshop on it.
Thanks

woj · 09-12-2005, 04:55 PM

win 2k perhaps?

GigaAlan · 09-12-2005, 04:56 PM

Win98 would be best.

EroticySteve · 09-12-2005, 05:01 PM

Win 98 SE

Jarmusch · 09-12-2005, 05:03 PM

Good luck running photoshop on it...

09-12-2005, 05:06 PM

Definately Win98 SE. Win XP on anything less than a P3 causes me physical pain.

Nicky · 09-12-2005, 05:08 PM

id say win 98 se, maybe 2k if you have enough ram

Doc911 · 09-12-2005, 06:07 PM

98se nt40 xppro they will all work load it with ram at least 256 higher if going with xp

MaDalton · 09-12-2005, 06:13 PM

i ran win2k for a long time on a PII with 266 MHz - works excellent when you have at least 384 or 512 MB Ram

using SCSI drives helps btw...

DanielS · 09-12-2005, 08:50 PM

Thanks!

tony286 · 09-12-2005, 08:51 PM

wouldnt red hat be better ?

mrkris · 09-12-2005, 09:05 PM

I would say BSD personally ;) but you want photoshop, so why not use *nix + gimp

GoNe · 09-12-2005, 09:06 PM

win2k....

Spunky · 09-12-2005, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EroticySteve

Win 98 SE

I used that on my old system and it worked great

fudpuck · 09-12-2005, 09:07 PM

Win 98 or 2k, with as much ram as you can get. I'd aim for a PhotoShop version from the same era as well.

Matt 26z · 09-12-2005, 09:26 PM

Win98se and PS5

Redrob · 09-12-2005, 09:30 PM

If I had enough ram, I'd look at Photoshop 3.5 or 4.0...

EviLGuY · 09-12-2005, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evildick

Definately Win98 SE. Win XP on anything less than a P3 causes me physical pain.

The only problem with running Win XP on an old machine like that is RAM. They usually have like 64-128 megs max, which isn't at all sufficient for WinXp if you are impatient.

Processor speed wise though there is not much difference.. I run win xp pro on an old 300 MHZ celeron laptop just fine. (With 256 megs ram)

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