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Skriven 2009-04-13 16:05:58 av August Abolins (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 54338 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: oem xp into new box - anyone?
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Charles Scaglione -> August Abolins said the following
 on 3/31/2009 12:39 PM:
 CS> August Abolins -> All wrote:

 AA>> I am thinking to try plopping in my hdd from an oem (emachine) xp
 CS> into a
 AA>> new box.  Has anyone here tried such a thing?  Would the current xp
 AA>> simply rediscover the hardware, activate, and operate?

 CS> It might but it's doubtful.  You'll probably wind up having to do a
 CS> repair install to enumerate the new hardware.

I decided to give up on that.  The eMachines XP is obviously expireware when
the mobo breaks.  What a lousy predicament that the system of apps and files
can't be easily adapted to a mobo upgrade.  At $599 in 2001, with only 40gb
hdd, 128meg PC2100 ram, and 1.7Mhz Celeron CPU, the pc wasn't that cheap to
begin with either.

A few years ago, I added a new 512meg ram module and replaced the aging 40gb
hdd with a 100gb drive.

The shutdowns, although manageable, are annoying.  Can't rely on doing anything
with confidence or enjoyment if that behaviour is unpredictable.  I decided to
get a used (off-lease) XPp pc that allows adding the hdd from the eMachine as a
2nd drive or as an external.  The replacement pc costs far less than paying for
XP and a new mobo separately, and I get a much better performer with 1gb PC3200
ram (upgradeable to 4gb) and 3ghz P-4 cpu.  I am not looking forward to
re-installing all my major apps!  :(

The one other frustrating thing is that I had just purhased and installed an
additional new 1gb PC2100 ram module for the eMachines pc to bump it up to
1.5gb. :(



 CS> Another subject:  We finally were able to order the new Mac version of
 CS> Libronix Bible package from Logos at a discount.  It should be arriving
 CS> sometime today via UPS.  I'm still not happy that our Windows library
 CS> can not be used in the Mac version but since Logos replaced the library
 CS> with a Mac compatible one at a discount, I suppose I can't complain too
 CS> much.

Maybe you didn't hoot and holler loud and long enough for Libronix to
accommodate you. ;)  Hope the discount was significant.



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