windows xp where to buy cheap

quidsinquentin

Sorry to go off track but I'm in a very similar position to the OP. And am looking for a cheap Win XP disc.

Can you use Ubuntu/Linux etc with O2 broadband would anyone know?

I know O2 don't support them, but is anyone reading this actually using Linux+O2 broadband?

Baldur

quidsinquentin wrote: »

Can you use Ubuntu/Linux etc with O2 broadband would anyone know?

I know O2 don't support them, but is anyone reading this actually using Linux+O2 broadband?

See this thread - http://forums.o2online.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=624

quidsinquentin

Baldur wrote: »

See this thread - http://forums.o2online.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=624

God, that's a frightening amount of 'configurations steps'!

I prefer it when it says 'click to install'.

Thanks anyway

robredz

wilson1973 wrote: »

when installing xp will it automatically find and configure all drivers,when i installed ubuntu it seemed to pick everything up

Xp will have drivers for most things, but usually only basic graphics support, so no 3d acceleration for games, you would need to know what graphics card or onboard chip you have then download and install the drivers for that card eg: for NVidia you would go to www.Nvidia.com . Same principle for full sound support. Ubuntu can sometimes do a better job of setting up hardware than XP

GunJack

XP is being supported to 2014, so still a good few years in microsoft's Pedigree OS yet If you're happy with XP, go get it and don't listen to the scaremongers

Edgar_Prates

wait for another 25 days and go for Windows7. else if you need xp for some specific reason go for Service pack3 .

robredz

If the OP wants XP because it was what was on the machine originally, there shouldn't be a problem beyond sourcing any drivers, such as motherboard, sound, and graphics, that may be needed. Windows 7 *will* run slower than XP, but not as slow as Vista. Sourcing Vista and Win 7 drivers on older hardware may be more of a problem than for XP which is well supported imho.

If wilson1973 would post the spec of the machine regarding board, sound, and graphics, we could point in the best direction for drivers.

wilson1973

so im running with ubuntu could anyone tellme how i find out the name and model of the components in my pc its not branded a guy built ti for me is there a way to find out by pressing a few buttons

robredz

wilson1973 wrote: »

so im running with ubuntu could anyone tellme how i find out the name and model of the components in my pc its not branded a guy built ti for me is there a way to find out by pressing a few buttons

If there is not an option under System Preferences of System Preferences and profile, which will give you the info using the summary option, install hardinfo using the synaptic package manager,
System, administration Synaptic package Manager. enter hardinfo as a search, select it and apply the changes.

or open a terminal (roughly equivalent to a cmd prompt in XP) and enter sysinfo if it reports not installed it should prompt you to type: sudo apt-get install sysinfo

enter this and it should download and install it. Once installed type sysinfo again and it should open up on the desktop in another window. or alternatively it should now be in Applications System Tools Sysinfo

For further info regarding hardinfo look here:

http://www.watchingthenet.com/ubuntu-guide-for-windows-users-display-system-hardware-information.html

Hope this helps

Rob