imported_JoonyaSI

So i've been contimplating for a while now weather or not my laptop was up to par for my usage..

its a P4 2.4ghz 512MB ram onboard ATI video wifi and such and such ..

i mainly use this Laptop to run 1 application for Djing

Serato Scratch Live

* NOW .... problem i had was that this program is heavy ... however my latop by far surpasses the minimum requirements however at some points i find that it ran sluggy ... most DJs i know that run Serato use ibooks/Macs and ive been until this point very anit-mac ...

So on monday i came across something VERRRRRRRY interesting...
i found a version of WindowsXP which had been stripped down to the CORE OS ... no extra applications ... no un-necessary services running all at once ... runs on as low as 12mb RAM with all services set to manual.. and as high as 32mb with services set to automatic ...

so i installed this yesterday on my laptop to see hopefully see some improvement in stability/performance... first of all .. its an un attended installation .. so you can basically pop the cd in .. and leave it and let it run while u do whatever u gotta do .. there are no prompts for info from the user ..

Long story short ... so far this OS seems to be Sickly interesting .. i only installed the OS and serato and gave it a quick test run last night and i was soo surprised to see how nicely it was running ... No lag from the system ... only lag i found was my external HDD ...


Question .. is there a way u can add USB 2.0 to a laptop by getting a hub of some sort ?

shlammed

maybe a usb 2.0 pcmcia expansion card?

imported_JoonyaSI

hmmmmm interesting ... but for sure there is no USB hub that would convert an existing port to 2.0 tho right .. i would assume no .. but

imported_ERTW

I think you stumbled upon an image of XP Embedded that happens to have the right drivers for your laptop.

XP embedded is used heavily in the industrial world, and allows you to customize what the XP image will have. You basically want the bare minimum of drivers and strip everything else. Most of the time these are then put on IDE flash chips, which are super fast.

As far as USB 2.0, you will most likely need to do what shlammed said. The existing USB port will not work any faster than it already does.

szuberi

imported_JoonyaSI

yea i fugred that .. i jsut check out canada computers .. they are like 50 bux .. im prolly gonna do that .. but honestly .. the OS is rock solid ... its running so nice .. mind you i didnt have time to run enuff tests but from what i saw from Serato alone .. it was runnin as smooth as it would on a mac ... Im impressed to far ...

now to just upgrade my USB ... im still wondering why my lappy only came with USB 1.0 ... WEAK ! ... i always thought it was 2.0

imported_JoonyaSI

this wasnt meant to ask about USB it was meant to ****** info on this stripped down version of XP which im sure not alot of ppl have used yet ... thanks for diggin in the crates tho

imported_dazednconfuzed

hey Terry, where did you get that software from? XP deal, link me if you can. Via PM or something.

Thanks

imported_JoonyaSI

oh yea i forgot to add ... this whole OS is only 106MB ... SAAAAAAAFE !

and ummm holla at me on PM .. when i get home ill see what i can do ..

Cynikal.Mindset

get a damn mac and stop foolin around with that pc garbage...usb 1.1 wtf? usb 2.0 standard on mac y0!

imported_starboy869

and firewire

imported_Mischev

id like the XP core as well