Quote: Originally Posted by
qha_vn 
i am installing RR on a pentium mmx 333MHz, 64MB RAM, 4.3GB HDD, win98SE, winamp 2.95 it works like a champ. OS start up time is less then 30 seconds, shutdown time is amazingly less then 4 secs.
Careful with Win98. I think I switched to XP four or five years ago cause an RR function I wanted and some plugins wouldn't work in 98 or maybe it was .Net ..... something I wanted and eventually decided I couldn't live without.
98 will work, but 2 things to keep in mind: 1) you're gonna haveta learn how to optimize your system manually and often; and 2) put CPU usage labels on your main.skin so you can monitor what mix of programs tax your system hardest.
I ran that 500Mhz at 98% CPU usage with RR, Winamp 2.95, Freedrive .91, Cellular Modem, and taskbar. If I changed anything in the slightest, it would lockup. If I wanted to watch videos, I had to shut down RR, Freedrive and the internet connection. If I wanted to listen to internet radio, I had to shut down Freedrive. Notice a trend here.
Jistari,
You hit the nail on the head about the video. Lots of nav programs out there, but most are very graphics intensive. Add that to a frontend like RR which saves up to 8 pages of graphics and you quickly realize whats the limiting factor of your system. I do remember one of my installs had a Gforce 8400 video card in a VIA 10000 that was sweet.
Sorry to say, though, you need to do the research for yourself. Ask the question in here about which is better and you're gonna get a different answer from every
INDIVIDUAL , if you get my drift.
Back to your question about battery drain, the definitive answer is - it depends.
It depends on what startup/shutdown controller/motherboard combination you install and how you install it. I have a three way switch (ACC/OFF/Battery)prior to my DC-DC controller that I switch OFF when the car won't be used for a while.