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| Thread ID: 27206 | 2002-11-17 00:06:00 | Dumping XP going back to 98SE | longbrim (2545) | Press F1 |
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| 99078 | 2002-11-17 21:56:00 | I dont like XP, but making 2K look like XP is more than enough. The suggestion of saving the $$$ and putting it into an upgrade was a very good idea. XP being around $250, that'd get you a new motherboard and CPU that runs at 1.3GHZ, so i dunno what you're already running there. I like 2K, its fast and yet stable, although toying with the .NET Server, its Faster than ANY of the others M$ OS's (But its a Server). XP seem's too candied up for noobies for my liking, 98 is too old and nearing the end of its life (But I checked stats for Day of Defeat the other day and about 63% of DoD gamers are running 98 with 256 MB RAM!). ME Is too unstable for my liking, I just never liked ME... I think that if its a gaming m/c then 98 would be better coz it uses a whole lot less resources, otherwise, if XP runs fine, turn off the Multimedia Desktop stuff, and it'll run better. Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 99079 | 2002-11-17 22:16:00 | I gave XP a very fair go. Bluntly, it just didn't do the job, specifically it couldn't install (Microsoft) software that I make a lot odf use of. My machine specs can handle it very easily (Athlon 2000+, 512mbDDR, 100gb of HDD, etc.), but although XP still installed I now only ever use Win98. XP won't take any alteration of its system files, but sometimes to get the Microsoft stuff to work as you want, rather than feeding you useless prepackaged pap, you HAVE to do something about about system files. It was a waste of money. Incidentally, regarding the BSOD's that were quite common with Win98 when I had a lower spec machine, I now haven't had a BSOD for in 2 months of fairly intensive use of reinstalled Win98. Of great pain however was the common message of XP when I was using it that "This program has had an unexpected problem and must close. You will lose all your data (tough sh**). |
rugila (214) | ||
| 99080 | 2002-11-18 01:50:00 | > Biff - a 1st generation OS from Microsoft is hardly > going to be bug free . . . that being the case, why > should anyone have to instantly upgrade to it? If > being a luddite involves refusing to use a buggy, > "candy-flossed" operating system, then I am guilty as > accused . I don't buy into something which requires a > service pack of approximately 134mb . . . and is STILL > buggy . > As XP is the 5th generation of NT you'll find it is very bug free . I think using an OS constructed from a 32 bit hack of a 16 shell for an 8 Bit OS is way more buggy (Win 98se) . May I suggest you try out Windows 95 as it has been out longer and therefore acording to your logic be even more stable than 98SE . :-) ** **That was a joke back there so please don't get upset . |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 99081 | 2002-11-18 02:14:00 | From my current experience, I'm going to be holding back upgrading for a while. I had thought about forking out the extra few hundred bucks for XP, running then 98, 2K and XP on the one m/c, but after trialling out the .NET Server, That thing is WAY more faster than any of the other OS's, even with 2K tweaked right up to the max, with 256MB RAM on a celeron 933, most common tasks, such as opening My Computer up for viewing, boot times and other things that dont require the major speed of a CPU to win (Such as encoding an MP3), the 200Mhz with 128MB RAM that's being used as a test PC, bet the 933Mhz PC hands down on all things like that. I'm waiting for Longhorn, coz if its anything like the .NET server, being built on the .NET Framework, I reakon it'll be the best yet.. yes, there may be and OS put out by MS that'll beat XP for all you fans! My views on that at least anyways.. not to be taken as gospel, please! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 99082 | 2002-11-18 13:38:00 | Well I run a slug "450" but with 512 ram and XP Pro works really well. My first install was NTFS. I re-installed with FAT32, which is suficient for my home use, and it runs much faster than 98. So well, in fact that I don't read this page as often as I did with 98. I've had no compatability problems with any programs but I did need to ditch my USB modem. I've got a "Ghost" back-up for my 98 that I could re-load in 30 minutes but I'll never use it again. ~~~~~<*)))))><{~~~~~~~~~~<*)))))><{~~~~~~~~ ~~~<*)))))><{~~~~~~~~~<*)))))><{~~~~~~~~<*)))))><{~~~~ ® Roy Price - May the Fish be with you |
Fishb8 (484) | ||
| 99083 | 2002-11-18 20:49:00 | Now boys, calm down, no use getting up set and try to convince each other that a certain OS is better than another. Some people like to have things pretty and have everything feed to them (XP) Some people like working as fast as they can even it does result in instability issues (win9x) Some people like to experience something that isn't shoved in your face and explore outside the square. [also fast] (linux) I say use the OS that gives you the most pleasure and stop trying to convince each other that ones better than the other. :-) |
roofus (483) | ||
| 99084 | 2002-11-18 21:02:00 | nicly put roofus. :) i'll just add, Why spend money on a new OS if the old one still does the job? the biggestest problem i usually see is people running incorrect drivers and incompatible software on newer OS's which causes a large amount of fun and games. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 99085 | 2002-11-18 21:45:00 | Good stuff Roofus, but you might also include Mac OSX in your list. That does have some good features none of the Windows stuff has. I don't know enough about linux to comment. Also, I must put my piece that blaming Windows problems and deficiencies on "incompatibility", inadequate hardware etc. can be a bit of a cop-out. Should we really rest assured that the various Win** have no other problems? |
rugila (214) | ||
| 99086 | 2002-11-18 22:31:00 | Amiga DOS and Workbench 3.1 are very stable - as long as you have the right hardware! ;) ;) | crozier (2004) | ||
| 99087 | 2002-11-18 23:07:00 | Just a friendly reminder :D If you have an old system and sticking to 98SE or ME is fine but if u've just got a new system I wouldn't suggest it since the older OS doesn't utilise the new architecture in those new processors Eg. The coming Hyper Threading in P4 and some other minor things such as USB 2.0, there are no drivers for 98SE or even ME for it. |
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