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Scriveyn · 07-30-2010, 01:48 AM

Five year old WinXP machine:
1'10" to desktop, another minute 'til it stops rumbling with things like looking for updates on the web. That's without the virus checker update, I start that manually every morning and it takes another 1 to 2 minutes.
Coming up from standby: 10 to 12 seconds

Shawnee: buying hardware from your job is not a good idea in my experience. It is way outdated. If you can afford it, get yourself a new one that comes with all you need (and not more).
While I'm happy with my WinXP, it's probably not something to install now; not sure if your oooold one is up to running Win7.

07-30-2010, 01:48 AM	#33
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	Five year old WinXP machine: 1'10" to desktop, another minute 'til it stops rumbling with things like looking for updates on the web. That's without the virus checker update, I start that manually every morning and it takes another 1 to 2 minutes. Coming up from standby: 10 to 12 seconds Shawnee: buying hardware from your job is not a good idea in my experience. It is way outdated. If you can afford it, get yourself a new one that comes with all you need (and not more). While I'm happy with my WinXP, it's probably not something to install now; not sure if your oooold one is up to running Win7.