Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP

From	Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP
Date	2014-03-19 22:38 +0100
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On 2014-03-17, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> On 2014-03-16, Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
>> On 2014-03-14, polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 14/03/2014 19:47, RS Wood wrote:
>>>> Holy cow, you win!  For shits and giggles in February I decided I'd
>>>> install Windows on a virtual machine so I could play around.  I
>>>> immediately gave up on Win7, even though I use it at work.  WinXP had
>>>> heavy requirements (# of GB for a base install) but I found myself
>>>> wishing I could track down a Win2000 disk, as it was pretty modest.
>>>>
>>>> What's the point of a virtual machine running an OS that requires 20GB
>>>> for an install?
>>>
>>> When W2K first came out, people were open mouthed that a full 
>>> installation of the OS took around a gigabyte of disc space.
>>
>> My first NT4 system in 1997 came with a 2GB disk.  I wondered how I would
>> fill it, yet towards the end of a year I was getting close.
>
> Parkinsons law applies. When you have more disk, you buy a GoPro and start
> using loss-less audio & buying "high resolution" music.

Yes indeed.  In fact one of my first tasks with the NT system was to put a
complete backup of my laptop onto it, and that used a quarter of the space.

Yes too to the lossless audio and even for low quality internet radio
streams simply because a) I have the disk space to do that and b) why
bother converting to a space efficient format if I am simply going to
listen to it once and then throw it away?

-- 
Paul Sture

"In that case," said Napoleon, "let us wait twenty minutes; when the enemy
is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him."

Thread

How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 10:56 +0000
  Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-03-14 11:44 +0000
  Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 18:48 +0000
    Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 19:47 +0000
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-14 21:03 +0100
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 20:06 +0000
        Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-14 21:19 +0100
          Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-14 22:28 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-15 03:18 +0100
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-03-14 20:58 +0000
        Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 04:20 +0100
          Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:35 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 22:38 +0100
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Elmer <efudd@invalid.com> - 2014-03-14 20:55 -0500
        Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 12:41 +0000
          Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-15 14:09 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 16:52 +0000
              Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-15 18:10 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:34 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-17 12:35 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 16:31 +0100
          Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-15 14:20 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 16:21 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 16:54 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-15 17:20 +0000
              Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-15 17:32 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-15 18:01 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 19:19 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-17 19:18 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-17 19:27 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-17 21:38 +0000
                Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:33 +0000
            Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 12:13 +0100
    Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-03-14 15:53 -0400
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 20:25 +0000
    Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-14 22:26 +0000
      Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 00:51 +0000
        Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-20 16:41 +0000

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