Summary
new laptop would ideally like to partition the hd and install a unix based system and xp that came with the laptop, no media backup came with laptop, looking for advice on what to go with and what to do thank you even if you just took time to read this
hi all
Okay so i bought a new (refurbished) laptop
specs
Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Low Voltage 1.5Ghz processor (L7400, 4MB L2 cache, 667Mhz FSB)
2048MB SDRAM DDR2 memory
100GB SATA hard drive
12.1" TFT screen (1024x768 resolution)
Intel Media Accelerator 950 graphics
Soundblaster compatible sound & input/ouput ports
Surprisingly enough despite being a bit of a geek for 7 or 8 years now, having a degree in computer sciences and being experienced in linux (not massively just as a user), I realized a couple of things; this is the first computer i have bought and I have never done anything from scratch OS wise.
So with my apparently rudimentary knowledge of OS and computer architecture I would ideally like to have a duel OS xp and some unix, would like unix to be able to handle bulk of work (writing, documents, work related web browsing, coding (sp?)) and xp should be handling leisure which would mainly be media (you tube, manga anime-videos etc)
any and all advice and links are greatly appreciated thank you
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