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Slow computer, best version of SL to run?
Jaycatt Nico
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Join date: 1 Jun 2005
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07-30-2009 09:24
I have a slow PC at work, that I would occasionally like to run SL on. I know there are quite a few homebrew versions of SL out there that might run better on older hardware. Can anyone offer any suggestions or their favorites?

Since it's a work computer, I'm really not able to upgrade it. It does run the latest regular and release candidate clients, but extremely slowly.

Thanks in advance!
Briana Dawson
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Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,855
07-30-2009 11:14
Hi! What are the computer specs?

I think Cool Viewer by Boy Lane is supposed to be cool for older machines.

There was a viewer named Nicholaz but i am unsure of the status of that project.

Here is Boy Lanes Cool Viewer: http://my.opera.com/boylane/blog/
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Argent Stonecutter
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07-30-2009 11:19
I think the most abstemious version of SL is Nicholaz version of 1.18, pre-Windlight. It's still ironically titled "BE" for "Bleeding Edge". :D

http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
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Milla Janick
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07-30-2009 11:30
Also on Boy Lane's site, check out the Rainbow Viewer with the SSE2 patch. It may run faster if your computer has an ATI graphics adapter.
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Malia Writer
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Join date: 20 Aug 2007
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07-30-2009 11:53
From: Argent Stonecutter
I think the most abstemious version of SL is Nicholaz version of 1.18, pre-Windlight. It's still ironically titled "BE" for "Bleeding Edge". :D

http://nicholaz-beresford.blogspot.com/
Agreed, Nicholaz runs just fine on my older laptop. Any Windlight viewer = crashycrashcrash.

Nicholaz' viewers are still publicly available. I have used BE, but on my laptop I use the Old School version (pre-Windlight and doesn't include voice features), which further reduces the load.
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Jaycatt Nico
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Join date: 1 Jun 2005
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07-30-2009 13:31
Thanks folks! I think I'll try the OldSchool version. I certainly don't need voice, or Windlight. Thanks again!

edit: Works great, thanks again everybody... So glad Nicholaz is keeping up these old versions, they're a lifesaver for older hardware :) This plus the SLite Chat keeps me going when I can't be home with better hardware!