Both are just operating systems. You will begin to see some problems tho
with future releases. Currently I have no sound in the demo of Live For
Speed when in mulitplayer mode. This looks like it has been tracked down
to a combination of Win98se and Drivers that are designed for ME or XP.
Since Microsoft NO LONGER officially supports SE, you will begin to see
developers who miss small items like sound calls in the multiplayer mode.
However the titles you listed are all clearly se compatible...if that's
what you are using...don't change. Save your bucks and buy a faster cpu.
You can't go wrong changing(I almost typed upgrade but sanity returned)
OS's...but you don't have any compelling reason to yet.
dave henrie
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> Both are just operating systems. You will begin to see some
> problems tho with future releases. Currently I have no sound in the
> demo of Live For Speed when in mulitplayer mode. This looks like it
> has been tracked down to a combination of Win98se and Drivers that
> are designed for ME or XP. Since Microsoft NO LONGER officially
> supports SE, you will begin to see developers who miss small items
> like sound calls in the multiplayer mode. However the titles you
> listed are all clearly se compatible...if that's what you are
> using...don't change. Save your bucks and buy a faster cpu. You
> can't go wrong changing(I almost typed upgrade but sanity returned)
> OS's...but you don't have any compelling reason to yet. dave henrie
> dave henrie
However, overall, I prefer XP. It runs everything I currently like to run,
and it sure is a hell of a lot more stable.
The only thing I don't like about XP is all the built-in ***I don't want
and the digital leash they have stuck up yer butt.
But, I tolerate it because the good outweighs the bad.
-Larry
You have to be running MSIE 5 or higher to use it though.
I just built a 'virtual' machine with Win98 under Connextix Virtual PC and
it worked fine with Windows Update.
-Larry
> Even support for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 can still be found on
> msnews.microsoft.com.
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> Chris H.
> >> Hi,
> >> I just wondered if now that a lot of people are using Wins XP how it
> > stands
> >> up against Win98se,as 6 months ago 98se was claimed to be the best.I
> > mainly
> >> use the computer for GPL, F12001,and IL2 sturmovik,any feed back
> >> would be appreciated.
> >> TIA
> > Both are just operating systems. You will begin to see some
> > problems tho with future releases. Currently I have no sound in the
> > demo of Live For Speed when in mulitplayer mode. This looks like it
> > has been tracked down to a combination of Win98se and Drivers that
> > are designed for ME or XP. Since Microsoft NO LONGER officially
> > supports SE, you will begin to see developers who miss small items
> > like sound calls in the multiplayer mode. However the titles you
> > listed are all clearly se compatible...if that's what you are
> > using...don't change. Save your bucks and buy a faster cpu. You
> > can't go wrong changing(I almost typed upgrade but sanity returned)
> > OS's...but you don't have any compelling reason to yet. dave henrie
> > dave henrie
> Well, in all honesty, Win98 (I refuse to use SE) is more compatible than XP.
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> However, overall, I prefer XP. It runs everything I currently like to
run,
> and it sure is a hell of a lot more stable.
> The only thing I don't like about XP is all the built-in ***I don't want
> and the digital leash they have stuck up yer butt.
> But, I tolerate it because the good outweighs the bad.
> -Larry
> > Hi,
> > I just wondered if now that a lot of people are using Wins XP how it
> stands
> > up against Win98se,as 6 months ago 98se was claimed to be the best.I
> mainly
> > use the computer for GPL, F12001,and IL2 sturmovik,any feed back would
be
> > appreciated.
> > TIA
On another note, I agree with the poster in as far that 98SE is
ok for running all current games and sims, if nothing else. If
you have to re-install, remember to turn off power management
(my freshly installed win98se decided it was time to go into
hybernation half way into my last league race, but that's
another story 8-P )
Cheers & good luck,
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> Don Burnette
> > Well, in all honesty, Win98 (I refuse to use SE) is more compatible than
> XP.
> > However, overall, I prefer XP. It runs everything I currently like to
> run,
> > and it sure is a hell of a lot more stable.
> > The only thing I don't like about XP is all the built-in ***I don't
want
> > and the digital leash they have stuck up yer butt.
> > But, I tolerate it because the good outweighs the bad.
> > -Larry
> > > Hi,
> > > I just wondered if now that a lot of people are using Wins XP how it
> > stands
> > > up against Win98se,as 6 months ago 98se was claimed to be the best.I
> > mainly
> > > use the computer for GPL, F12001,and IL2 sturmovik,any feed back would
> be
> > > appreciated.
> > > TIA
Darf
There are something you should be very aware of thou;
there has been all sorts of problems with XP and Ge-Force videocards.
It seems that XP's memory timing is more aggressive than earlier operating
systems, so many early drivers suffer from instability.
In my case, I have an Asus mobo with a via chipset, and there are very few
video drivers that will allow me to fly Fs2002 for more than 10 minutes
before the bsod. All other games work fine.
Now there are many updated drivers for chipsets, bios, video-cards, agp
etc., so you should be fine.
I do not want to scare you off, I just want to tell you that if you try your
first games and you encounter the infinte-loop bsod, there is plenty of
updates, and people who will help you. ;-)
/Carl
> > Don Burnette
> > > Well, in all honesty, Win98 (I refuse to use SE) is more compatible
than
> > XP.
> > > However, overall, I prefer XP. It runs everything I currently like to
> > run,
> > > and it sure is a hell of a lot more stable.
> > > The only thing I don't like about XP is all the built-in ***I don't
> want
> > > and the digital leash they have stuck up yer butt.
> > > But, I tolerate it because the good outweighs the bad.
> > > -Larry
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I just wondered if now that a lot of people are using Wins XP how it
> > > stands
> > > > up against Win98se,as 6 months ago 98se was claimed to be the best.I
> > > mainly
> > > > use the computer for GPL, F12001,and IL2 sturmovik,any feed back
would
> > be
> > > > appreciated.
> > > > TIA
"Goy Larsen" wrote
Maybe it's because someone at MS (jokingly) referred to it as Sucker
Edition. Remember the 'shut-down bug'? When it first came out, many people
couldn't shut it down. It would just restart. People wondered how a bug that
obvious could get out in the released version. Don't those people at MS ever
shut down their computers? My guess is, they don't. They just wait for them
to crash and then hit reset.
I must admit that I've been running SE on one computer now for the past 3
months, but I've had it since it came out and just refused to use it for
several reasons. With all the service patches out now, though, it seems ok.
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> "Goy Larsen" wrote
> > Curious, why do you refuse to run SE ?
> Maybe it's because someone at MS (jokingly) referred to it as Sucker
> Edition. Remember the 'shut-down bug'? When it first came out, many people
> couldn't shut it down. It would just restart. People wondered how a bug that
> obvious could get out in the released version. Don't those people at MS ever
> shut down their computers? My guess is, they don't. They just wait for them
> to crash and then hit reset.
> I must admit that I've been running SE on one computer now for the past 3
> months, but I've had it since it came out and just refused to use it for
> several reasons. With all the service patches out now, though, it seems ok.
Oh, and I also wonder what they called ME, jokingly or otherwise
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