[Xitami] vista & multi-core processors

[Rick Headly]

thank you marc!

with this in mind, i will probably go with something slightly used, and
simply load  my own 32-bit version of xp-pro sp2.

i currently run xitami under xp-pro on two older machines (an amd 500, and
celeron 600), both with 512 mb of ram... and thought it seems to
work alright overall, i figure things could be a lot more efficient with
larger, faster sata drives.

one of my xitami boxes has a strange hardware related issue, periodically
causing the ide drives to "not be found".  this can happen both when the
machine is left completely undisturbed, or most often when i walk too
heavily on the floor as i'm passing by... as if something is getting knocked
loose inside the chassis.  jiggling the ide cables just 'the right way'
seems to correct this problem... but replacing the cables does not.
regardless, it is an issue that seems to cause me unexpected down-time grief
every 3 or 4 months or so, and something i'd rather just replace and put
behind me.

i'm sure a faster processor (with more ram) as well, would help make general
maintenance a lot less painful, and possibly even encourage me to add more
dynamic content to my sites.

thanks again

rick


On 10/11/07, Marc Doigny <marc at verfaillie.be> wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:32 AM
> > Subject: [Xitami] vista & multi-core processors
> >
> >
> > I've worked with Vista, and my comments are:
> > BUY A XP MACHINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (WHILE STOCKS LAST);
> > It can be a Dell or a HP (business PC)
> >
> > Just plugging a scanner in the usb port can crash Vista.
> > Printing a simple page takes 4 minutes.
> > and so on...
> > For a webserver a 32 bit version is enough. I run my servers on old PIII
> > 600MHz systems (win 98SE to XP pro).
>
>
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