is 256k enough RAM for current games?

[Nikolai]

Be sure! The simulation of older Windows versions seldom work... But the system is the best Windows to this date!

[rah]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Queen of the Mark acknowledges the need for a new PC - the old one is, well real old. The hard drive is close to full. Even Queen of the mark, who never plays games, has some software she wants that wont run on it.

Princess of the Mark is counting on us passing the old dinosaur 'puter to her when we get a new one. (she doesnt get much on the way of electronics so this is a big deal) She is also hoping that the new 'puter will play The Sims

When we got our new machine last year we passed on our older one to our little princess. It only had 128. For the next month all we heard was how SIMs played too slow on her machine and she continued to try to monopolize the new one. So we juiced her's up a 256 and while there was some improvement, she now claims that since she can't CHAT on her machine (since we didn't allow an internet connection in her room) she still tries to cut into DAD's civII MP gaming time.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by rah
(since we didn't allow an internet connection in her room)

Wise move.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


XP has problems with some of the older games, particularly DOS ones.

Yeah but we'd be keeping the old Win 98 machine. So when princess of the Mark wants to play the sims (instead of doing kidpix and other art programs) she would use the "grown-ups" computer. If i feel a desire to play Simearth, or whatever, i would load it on her 'puter.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by rah




When we got our new machine last year we passed on our older one to our little princess. It only had 128. For the next month all we heard was how SIMs played too slow on her machine and she continued to try to monopolize the new one. So we juiced her's up a 256 and while there was some improvement, she now claims that since she can't CHAT on her machine (since we didn't allow an internet connection in her room) she still tries to cut into DAD's civII MP gaming time.

Yup, she'll have to use the new machine for the Sims, and we dont plan on her having a net connection in her room either.

[Nikolai]

Torturists... Think of how dependant you are of the net/poly/other page for your daily life!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Torturists... Think of how dependant you are of the net/poly/other page for your daily life!

she can still go on the net - just has to do it under supervision

[Nikolai]

Then I am with you! Lots of bastards at the net, looking for innocent girls...brrr! My little sister has encountered some of them. Naturally, I cut the connection!

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Then I am with you! Lots of bastards at the net, looking for innocent girls...brrr! My little sister has encountered some of them. Naturally, I cut the connection!

so far shes mainly just interested in a few kid oriented websites (something about "neo-pets") and she has one friend who likes to IM and email her.

[MattH]

Oh, god. Neopets

[Nikolai]

What's that? You seem to know...

[FrustratedPoet]

http://www.neopets.com/

Neopets® is the greatest Virtual Pet Site on the Internet. With your help, we have built a community of over 50 million virtual pet owners across the world! Neopets has many things to offer including over 140 games, trading, auctions, greetings, messaging, and much much more. Best of all, it's completely FREE!

The pets kind of look like Pokemon.

[MattH]

The pets kind of look like Pokemon.

More like pests. What an annoying waste of time!

[Verto]

I have 768 mb of RAM(I've only got a 1.3ghz processor), and really think that 512 is the minimum you should have. You can get by with less, but that's no fun.

[rah]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
she can still go on the net - just has to do it under supervision

Exactly. Even though we allow her on when we're not there. There is only so much you can do, and they do need to make some decisions for herself. (she's almost 16)