Which operating system is best for a *** PC, Win 98SE or XP?
I would think 98 SE would consume less resources. If XP is better, is there
any advantages to running XP pro vs XP home?
Thanks
Tom
Which operating system is best for a *** PC, Win 98SE or XP?
I would think 98 SE would consume less resources. If XP is better, is there
any advantages to running XP pro vs XP home?
Thanks
Tom
Another thing to keep in mind is that XP will do a better job of supporting
newer hardware. Trying to use 98SE on a new home built PC could mean a lot
of scrounging around for device drivers and patches.
Achim
Aside from that the resource usage is handled much more efficiently
and resources are given back to the system with much more stability.
To be truthful the only reason I upgraded to XP was because 98 would
refuse to run any directx applications after I put a second stick of
256mb pc133 RAM in my system, even on a clean install of the OS.
After using XP for a bit, I would not go back, and I was incredibly
skeptical prior to upgrading.
Jason
98SE is still fine for all my *** needs, no sound issues and
rock stable with GPL (basically all I care about, I use Linux
for productivity needs)
Also, you probably still have a valid 98SE license lying around
so there is no need to waste 100's of dollars on XP.
Cheers,
uwe
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The only reason I wouldn't say Papy's products fit the above category is
cause I ended up having to do numerous hardware upgrades just for their
games which brought the totals closer to the thousands than hundreds :)
Supporting 9x is like getting ur wisdom teeth pulled without novacaine.. Or
like ... nevermind hehe..
Mitch
> the price tag? You *were* going to pay Billy for it, right? ;-P
> 98SE is still fine for all my *** needs, no sound issues and
> rock stable with GPL (basically all I care about, I use Linux
> for productivity needs)
> Also, you probably still have a valid 98SE license lying around
> so there is no need to waste 100's of dollars on XP.
> Cheers,
> uwe
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But I'll stand by my opinion given to Tom.
Achim
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> >I'm planning a new *** PC based on an ASUS A7N8X DLX and a AMD 2600+.
> >Which operating system is best for a *** PC, Win 98SE or XP?
> Dos 6.2
David G Fisher
> The only reason I wouldn't say Papy's products fit the above category is
> cause I ended up having to do numerous hardware upgrades just for their
> games which brought the totals closer to the thousands than hundreds :)
> Supporting 9x is like getting ur wisdom teeth pulled without novacaine..
Or
> like ... nevermind hehe..
> Mitch
> > > I would think 98 SE would consume less resources. If XP is better, is
> there
> > > any advantages to running XP pro vs XP home?
> > the price tag? You *were* going to pay Billy for it, right? ;-P
> > 98SE is still fine for all my *** needs, no sound issues and
> > rock stable with GPL (basically all I care about, I use Linux
> > for productivity needs)
> > Also, you probably still have a valid 98SE license lying around
> > so there is no need to waste 100's of dollars on XP.
> > Cheers,
> > uwe
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> > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox)
> > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E)
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Heya Tom.
>Which operating system is best for a *** PC, Win 98SE or XP?
>I would think 98 SE would consume less resources. If XP is better, is there
>any advantages to running XP pro vs XP home?
For me this is a problem, since XP doesn't allow direct access to the
gameport. My problem with the onboard gameport is, is that it spikes
too much. Of course, if you don't play GPL, or don't need a gameport,
XP is a great OS.
Remco
Larry
Toms Hardware tested this themselves. XP won. I don't take a web site
article for gospel, but my experience has matched theirs.
Larry
> But I'll stand by my opinion given to Tom.
> Achim
> ...
> > I'd be willing to argue that actually
> Toms Hardware tested this themselves. XP won. I don't take a web
> site article for gospel, but my experience has matched theirs.
> Larry
>> I'm not going to try and convince an XP user that he's using a slower
>> OS, for one because I wouldn't want to invest the time required for a
>> detailed discussion, and more important, it isn't my intention to
>> frustrate anyone
> by
>> talking bad about their system or other stuff they're using.
>> But I'll stand by my opinion given to Tom.
>> Achim
>> ...
>> > I'd be willing to argue that actually
> XP, and XP Home is starting to show it's weak spots with todays products.
> Skip it and get Pro.
But for the average user there's no difference end the extra money would
be a waste, AFAIK, I'd be happy to read up on the subject if you have
some hard facts to the contrary though :-), my personal experience with
XP lies almost exclusively with the PRO version
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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