New Owner of a not-so-new 600

[Andersonjoe711]

Got it at a tag sale for $45

I'll post links to pics when i get them uploaded.

so.....what is it good for? Win 98, 2000? I doubt xp, right?

[pikaia]

It really depends on the specs. But I've loaded a slimmed down version of XP on 2 different 600E's with 366Mhz/320MB RAM and they both ran great. The bottle neck I've found is the graphics card. 2.5 MB is quite slow in rendering. But I'd say 2000 would run great on it too.

Check out some small Linux OS's too. Puppy Linux has several nice derivatives that would really fly on that machine.

Best of luck.

[Andersonjoe711]

the specs are original, but i plan on maxing out the memory, and upgrading the hard drive.

I'm gonna have to get another OS, too bad they're expensive.....

[BillD]

I've had very good luck running Win2000 on the 600's..

XP seems to be too much for the graphic chip in the 600's..

[Andersonjoe711]

O.K., here's another question.....


What are the differences , besides processor speed, between the 600 , 600e, and 600x?


I'm curious because i read here that the 600 should not have a mini pci on it. is this different than the pcimcia slot on the side? ( I'm a dummy sometimes) is the mini pci the modem on the bottom?

just wondering.

[u.mac]

What are the differences , besides processor speed, between the 600 , 600e, and 600x?
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600:
mmc-1 pentium II only
66mhz fsb
max. 32+128+256mb memory
2.5mb graphics
no mini-pci
no tv-out (...imho)
not all models 13.3"
ultrabay-battery does't match

600e:
mmc-2 pentium II (p III works)
66mhz fsb (100mhz with p III)
max. 32+256+256mb memory (few models only 32+128+256)
2.5mb graphics
no mini-pci
some models with tv-out
all models 13.3"
ultrabay-battery works
fsb mod on mainboard available
tricky speedstep

600x:
mmc-2 pentium III
100mhz fsb
max. 64+256+256mb memory
4.0mb graphics
mini-pci
some models with tv-out
all models 13.3"
ultrabay-battery works
other basecase (mini-pci)
no fsb mod on mainboard available (...imho)
some models with real speedstep (other = tricky)

[trent9008]

XP runs acceptably on my 600e with only 64mb, but I'm sure it would do much better with maxed out RAM.

Linux is also not a bad option if you don't need to have Windows, but go with a light distro.

[pikaia]

I'd also suggest checking out a linux OS. Download and test drive Linux Mint Xfce edition. Its lightweight, easy to use and looks nice. Plus it plays all media formats out-of-box. Its not the lightest of Linux OS (DSL) but with ~256 RAM+ it'll run quite well.

Otherwise try DragonPuppy or TinyMe. Its worth the investment into CD-Rs to test these out... believe me, a week or two getting accustomed to Linux will save you so much $$$ and headaches in the future... plus no Anti-virus or firewalls to tack on and slow you down even further.

http://www.linuxmint.com/mirrors.php?id=16 Linux Mint xfce
http://www.mypclinuxos.com/doku.php/tinyme:download TinyMe
http://1.bigfilehost.com/en/file/4010/D ... r-iso.html DragonPuppy

[Andersonjoe711]

hmm, just may be the first time i ever run something other than windoze.

I'm wondering, why don't you need antivirus for linux? Nobody bothers to try and sabotage it?

[carbon_unit]

Nope. security by obscurity. Writing viruses for widows get you better results than writing Linux viruses.

[qviri]

Not to mention not-running-everything-as-administrator helps prevent bad stuff... One thing Vista did right, if only they managed to make UAC not as annoying.