Top 10 worst uses for Windows

Just to go way the hell off topic...

This week, starting Monday, I attempted to install Windows v1.01 on a Dell Latitude Lap Top. 1GB ram, 120GB HD, Intel Dual Core Proc.

I gave up last night around midnight.

I finally got DOS 5 to recognize a partition on the HDD and did a ton of stuff to the BIOS.

Pretty sure DOS installed, but couldn't get the video (in BIOS) in a memory range that DOS could read.

Oh well...

Oh and for those wondering why...

New laptop for the executive vice president in charge of everything.

Hah!!!

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New laptop for the executive vice president in charge of everything.

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You thought I wasn't watching?.............. your contract of employment is terminated.............

No, you won't get a letter or an e-mail............ I have found that the Speer 485 grain SJHPSWC to be more effective............ particularly with 4.5 grains of Bullseye. Newbies: Don't forget to police your brass ;)

Actually, dinowuff's concept is interesting? we all look at backwards compatibility.....sort of goes with the job?.......... but what about forwards compatibility?

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Dell Latitude Lap Top. 1GB ram, 120GB HD, Intel Dual Core Proc...... New laptop for the executive vice president in charge of everything.

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At the local five and dime?:p

EDIT:

You should be able to get DOS to run on that lappy. Dells aren't really noted for giving you a full version of the BIOS but there should be a setting for the display mode that I would set to "expanded"

Also enable Video BIOS Shadowing.

Fine tuning can be done by entries in autoexec.bat/config.sys IIRC.

If I wasn't using a multiboot manager such as Partition Tragic, I would create the first active DOS partition at no more than 2Gb FAT16. DOS 5 won't recognise anything above 2Gb.