How to Build Your Own PC

holychow · Jan 17,2012, 10:18 AM

I've been experimenting with a few different Linux builds on some of my older machines. I'm currently using SUSE and find it very stable and very usable on older hardware. The problem with Windows is it's a big resource hog and doesn't run very well on older hardware. Even a clean XP install magically get bloated and slows down over time.

I'm currently running Snow Leopard (OSX) on my old Dell 6400 laptop and it runs very well. I did it as an experiment and the only major problem was accelerated video, but that problem's been solved.

Win7 runs very well on current hardware. I even put it on my dad's laptop (which was running like molasses in January on Vista) and he loves it. I was running that until I put OSX on my laptop (which is my daily driver at home). I'm still running XP at the office and keep saying I'm going to wipe it and install Win7, but haven't gotten around to it.

Cerberus · Jan 17,2012, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by holychow

I've had 2 Dell desktops and 2 laptops and they've always been rock solid. Not a single problem with any of them. I can't comment on the customer service since I've never had to use them.

Definitely possible I just got a lemon, but the people that were supposed to help never did and were always frustrating as all hell to deal with. Maybe just my bad luck

holychow · Jan 17,2012, 02:42 PM

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Definitely possible I just got a lemon, but the people that were supposed to help never did and were always frustrating as all hell to deal with. Maybe just my bad luck

You did get a lemon. It's shitty you got really poor customer service.

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SuitedPair · Jan 17,2012, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by holychow

I'm currently running Snow Leopard (OSX) on my old Dell 6400 laptop and it runs very well. I did it as an experiment and the only major problem was accelerated video, but that problem's been solved.

ummm.....details? both on how you got OSX to load and run and then the video solution. very intrigued. I've been thinking of building a hackintosh for the phuc of it but haven't seen anything related to using a clone laptop.

cheers,

holychow · Jan 18,2012, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by SuitedPair

ummm.....details? both on how you got OSX to load and run and then the video solution. very intrigued. I've been thinking of building a hackintosh for the phuc of it but haven't seen anything related to using a clone laptop.

cheers,

I find most the information I needed at tonymacx86.com and searched a few different hackintosh sites for the info for my video problems.

I have to admit that I was very fortunate since most of the hardware in my laptop ran without any problems.

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