Top 10 worst uses for Windows

[dinowuff]

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.

[nihil]

Hah!!!

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

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?

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

At the local five and dime?

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.