Vista on old Dell 4500 ?

Oh come on, no guts no glory right?? (g)

Yes it's marked as a 'Special Edition' for some reason. Why, I'm not sure
unless it was because it was the first Dell to run at the magic 1Ghz.

It's not my main system, but it still does run just fine. Better than me
most days.....

Bought mine back in 2000 I believe when the 1Ghz processors hit the market.
It was my first Dell and ended up costing around $4500 IIRC.


"S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote in message
news:rKGXh.14039$XU4.5256@bignews8.bellsouth.net.. .
>
> "HDRDTD" <HDRDTD@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:dIidneDgXub4WLPbnZ2dnUVZ_q6vnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> At one time during the Beta, I installed Beta 2 on an old XPSB1000R
>> (1gigHz) with 512meg ram.
>>
>> It ran ok. Nothing to get excited about, but I was plesently suprised at
>> how it ran all things considered. No Aero of course.
>>
>>
>
>
> I actually have one of those here also (XPS B1000 "special edition"), but
> I didn't have the guts to try it. I was under the impression that this
> particular model is fairly rare and I'm a bit surprised (due to the
> hardware involved) that both yours and mine still run. g
>
> Stew
>

"HDRDTD" <HDRDTD@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OdCdnZW8QJR3MrLbnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> Oh come on, no guts no glory right?? (g)
>
> Yes it's marked as a 'Special Edition' for some reason. Why, I'm not sure
> unless it was because it was the first Dell to run at the magic 1Ghz.
>
> It's not my main system, but it still does run just fine. Better than me
> most days.....
>
> Bought mine back in 2000 I believe when the 1Ghz processors hit the
> market. It was my first Dell and ended up costing around $4500 IIRC.
>
>

It was truly a grand system at that point in time. The magical 'gigamine'
cpu coupled with the 820 chipset and the all-wondrous RDRAM.

Hmmm.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Intel pulled these cpu's not long after they
were offered....I'm too old to remember and too lazy to google it.

Mine has a couple of small issues I haven't bothered with, but all in all is
a decent XP machine for regular use/stuff......

Maybe I'll sell it on ebay and list it as "RARE" heh heh

Stew

On Apr 24, 4:38 pm, RnR wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:26:18 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> ><RnR> wrote in messagenews:do0t2316nortmcdpdseqclrebeq5dh5e4l@4ax .com...
> >> When I decide to test Vista, I was wondering if I can first install it
> >> on an old dell 4500 (768 megs ram) for test purposes only? Will it
> >> install and will it run at all? If it runs slowly thats okay since I
> >> will be just testing it on that pc for a short time. I'm aware I
> >> could either dual boot or swap drives on my newest pc but I'd prefer
> >> to just test it on the old one for the moment unless it won't run at
> >> all.
>
> >Yes, it will run. I've done it myself on a 4550.
>
> Thanks Stew. I was just checking the net and saw someone did a 4500
> with 1 gig ram so I began to think it was at least possible. I'm not
> going to say it will run faultlessly but if it at least installs and
> runs to a degree that would be nice for the testing phase.
>
> Thanks again Stew.

I want to see if it will really will run on a p3 800 with 512mb ram
and a 20gb Hdd.

And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers

On 25 Apr 2007 18:42:46 -0700, "paulmd@efn.org" <paulmd@efn.org> wrote:

>On Apr 24, 4:38 pm, RnR wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:26:18 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> ><RnR> wrote in messagenews:do0t2316nortmcdpdseqclrebeq5dh5e4l@4ax .com...
>> >> When I decide to test Vista, I was wondering if I can first install it
>> >> on an old dell 4500 (768 megs ram) for test purposes only? Will it
>> >> install and will it run at all? If it runs slowly thats okay since I
>> >> will be just testing it on that pc for a short time. I'm aware I
>> >> could either dual boot or swap drives on my newest pc but I'd prefer
>> >> to just test it on the old one for the moment unless it won't run at
>> >> all.
>>
>> >Yes, it will run. I've done it myself on a 4550.
>>
>> Thanks Stew. I was just checking the net and saw someone did a 4500
>> with 1 gig ram so I began to think it was at least possible. I'm not
>> going to say it will run faultlessly but if it at least installs and
>> runs to a degree that would be nice for the testing phase.
>>
>> Thanks again Stew.
>
>I want to see if it will really will run on a p3 800 with 512mb ram
>and a 20gb Hdd.
>

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com...
> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>


That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.

To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1 Dells with
a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density SDRAM and
an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory. One could
be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz Pentium II
processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was younger.

I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of some
of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but only if I
could watch... Ben Myers

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote:

>
>"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
>news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>
>
>
>That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>

On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1 Dells with
> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density SDRAM and
> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory. One could
> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz Pentium II
> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was younger.
>
> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of some
> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but only if I
> could watch... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>
> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.

I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
Vista.

Now we're getting somewhere. Install Vista on a Bernoulli box. Actually you
would get the same effect using one of the newer Iomega 750MB ZIP cartridges or
one of their late and lamentable Jaz drives. I'll bet that Vista's swapping
and thrashing would cause a head crash on the device within an hour... Ben

On 26 Apr 2007 09:43:02 -0700, "paulmd@efn.org" <paulmd@efn.org> wrote:

>On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>wrote:
>> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1 Dells with
>> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density SDRAM and
>> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory. One could
>> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz Pentium II
>> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
>> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was younger.
>>
>> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of some
>> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but only if I
>> could watch... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>
>> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>
>I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
>bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
>Vista.
>
>
>
>

If you can find the drive, I still have a brand new box of 8" floppies...

or an RL02 pack if you have a DEC.


"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
newskt133tnoc81dn1rh3vgq0p2tke8a0vmor@4ax.com...
> Now we're getting somewhere. Install Vista on a Bernoulli box. Actually
> you
> would get the same effect using one of the newer Iomega 750MB ZIP
> cartridges or
> one of their late and lamentable Jaz drives. I'll bet that Vista's
> swapping
> and thrashing would cause a head crash on the device within an hour... Ben
>
> On 26 Apr 2007 09:43:02 -0700, "paulmd@efn.org" <paulmd@efn.org> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>>wrote:
>>> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
>>> Dells with
>>> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
>>> SDRAM and
>>> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
>>> One could
>>> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
>>> Pentium II
>>> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot
>>> 1
>>> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
>>> younger.
>>>
>>> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation
>>> of some
>>> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
>>> only if I
>>> could watch... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>>> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>>> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>>
>>I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
>>bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
>>Vista.
>>
>>
>>
>>

<paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
news:1177605782.758888.298400@n35g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
> On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
> wrote:
>> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
>> Dells with
>> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
>> SDRAM and
>> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
>> One could
>> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
>> Pentium II
>> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
>> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
>> younger.
>>
>> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of
>> some
>> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
>> only if I
>> could watch... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>
>> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>
> I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
> bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
> Vista.
>


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