I built my new machine this weekend. It went fairly well with a couple of minor glitches. The biggest problem was setting up the 1 SATA drive without RAID on the A8V mobo.
Here's the most interesting thing that happend. I originally installed XP Pro. As I was setting up the machine it seemed to run poorly. I installed my DSL software so I could update XP on Microsoft's site. I disabled Windows Messenger before I went online. I was on the internet for about 5 minutes before I got hammered with 2 spyware programs that took over my machine. The only site I went to was microsoft.com. I couldn't even finish updating XP. I said 'screw it'. I reformatted the hard drive and I installed 2000 Pro. That install went flawlessly.
I hate Windows. It's just getting bigger and more bloated with every new edition. I use XP at work and I'm not that impressed with it. I liked 2000 Pro better. How do you all feel about XP vs. 2000 Pro on a new build? By the time Longhorn comes out I think I'm going with a MAC or Linux if I can get my software in Linux formats.
Here's the most interesting thing that happend. I originally installed XP Pro. As I was setting up the machine it seemed to run poorly. I installed my DSL software so I could update XP on Microsoft's site. I disabled Windows Messenger before I went online. I was on the internet for about 5 minutes before I got hammered with 2 spyware programs that took over my machine. The only site I went to was microsoft.com. I couldn't even finish updating XP. I said 'screw it'. I reformatted the hard drive and I installed 2000 Pro. That install went flawlessly.
I hate Windows. It's just getting bigger and more bloated with every new edition. I use XP at work and I'm not that impressed with it. I liked 2000 Pro better. How do you all feel about XP vs. 2000 Pro on a new build? By the time Longhorn comes out I think I'm going with a MAC or Linux if I can get my software in Linux formats.