Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RJT>> I *might* pursue it if it made that much of a difference in terms 
RJT>> of employment, but I havent gotten to that point yet. 

RJT>> Doesn't w2k require a bit more in terms of hardware, too? What 
RJT>> would be a good minimum system to install that on to and get a 
RJT>> feel for it? I'm guessing probably more than what I have on hand 
RJT>> here. 

CA>> FWIW I'm using W2K right now on a 450mhz with 192meg memory. 

RJT> Exactly my point. The most machine I have here right now is the 
RJT> linux box which is a K6-200 w/64M. And I plan to keep it that way. 

CA> Understood. My point is that a 450mhz machine is not a handicap
CA> when doing sound recording/manipulations. Video I do believe would
CA> make me want more/faster if possible. :-) 

CA>> The OS takes up less than 2 gig probably closer to 1.5 gig. 

RJT> *sigh* 

CA> What? Newer distros of Linux are that size aren't they?

Getting there,  if you install everything.  And it depends on the distro, 
and other choices like which window manager you pick.  But I was focused on
the cpu speed and amount of ram,  the HD seems to be somewhat less
relevant.

CA>> I also have W2K installed onto a 233mhz machine here with only 
CA>> 64meg of memory and it seems to function OK just a bit sluggish 
CA>> compared to the 450.

RJT> I might be getting a hold of a MB with a Celeron 233 on it, dunno 
RJT> if that'll have any ram on it or not, but I plan to install linux 
RJT> on that, too. :-) 

CA> I'm only posting this to you because you mentioned that some hands 
CA> on experience with W2K might be helpful to you in your search for 
CA> employment.

It might be,  but I'm really not sure that I want to go there.

CA> I am experienced in the use of AWK, DOS, BASIC, and W31. Think I 
CA> can get hired based on that knowledge? No way.

It depends on what they're looking for.

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