> Geez, whilst you're at it try looking at a real 32bit OS like
> NT/Linux/OS2/BeOS and the like. 32bit OS, Win95/98 it ain't. Then you'll
> understand the real joys of computing. Try running 5 Netscape windows,
> Photoshop, Word, News browser and the likes at the same time on Win95/98.
> Your computer will have a hernea. Now try the same on NT or equivelent
> programs on the other OS's, not the same is it?
Trips
I will thank the stars when i upgrade in two years...WinNT 5.0 (DX6!!!), Dual
CPU support. When you want to increase the performance, just pop in another
CPU. No more ripping out motherboards every 12 months. :-)
>Piers B.
>PS I run Quake 2, and ADF with no problems on my system and looking forward
>to Scream'n Demons and Falcon 4 as well as TAW. With Voodoo 2 F15 also runs
>on NT.
>> > I for one now for the first time since DOS
>> >6.22 really enjoy my PC again, because of 98's huge improvement on 95.
>> >Please air you views and be objective
>> >Bye Albert
>> Why is that? Could you give some examples of what the huge
>> improvements in Win98 are over Win95 are and why they enable you to
>> enjoy your PC for the first time since DOS 6.22?
>> Please be objective.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> --
>> * rrevved at mindspring dot com
>> * s.p.u.t.u.m. (unit.26) - http://www.sputum.com
Jerry Morelock
> >Microsoft must simply love idiots like you.
> Was this really necessary? Geez, this is why so many people stay away
> from newsgroups.....little kids like this...
Also I fail to see how - from what I posted earlier - one could conclude that
I am so obviously an "idiot". I make my living with my computer (digital
graphic artist), for me it's a very important tool as well as being a great
source of entertainment. I state quite proudly that I'm no 'tech-head', all
that matters to me is that my machine runs in a reasonably stable fashion
(and plays my favourite sims :-)), Win '98 provides that stability where '95
didn't, period. If that makes me an idiot for handing over the cash for '98
(which BTW I can write off as a business expense) then so be it, I'm an idiot
- and a satisfied one at that.
stu
What I don't understand is why you felt the need to call someone else
an idiot. Prozac run out? Why take it to that level? Why does everyone
have to agree with you?
Remove "DIESPAM" before replying by email
Piers B.
PS until NT 5 arrives Direct 3D will not be properly implemented but you can
use software Direct 3D if your desperate or maintain a dual boot rig like I do.
Any native Glide game goes on NT though cause it dumps all over Win95/98.
> > Geez, whilst you're at it try looking at a real 32bit OS like
> > NT/Linux/OS2/BeOS and the like. 32bit OS, Win95/98 it ain't. Then you'll
> > understand the real joys of computing. Try running 5 Netscape windows,
> > Photoshop, Word, News browser and the likes at the same time on Win95/98.
> > Your computer will have a hernea. Now try the same on NT or equivelent
> > programs on the other OS's, not the same is it?
> Try playing a DirectX game on your "real 32bit OS like NT/Linux/OS2/BeOS
> and the like"
> Trips
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Tuffe Wahlstrom
installation....all in all I really miss Win95 (stability wasnt a
Also my computer routinely has 98% resources free...its not the
crashing that bothers me...hell Im used to that with win95....its that
dumb idiots way to install drivers that bothers me. Ive even sat in my
chair dumbfounded as Windows 98 decided on its own after being shown
by me the folder to scoop the newest drivers to switch folders and
scoop the older set...then it is so kindly in informing me that it has
a better set in folder three.....oooh me....oh my...or worse yet
installing a combination of both.
The more they make it idiot proof the more difficult it becomes in
setting up beyond the average config that Microsoft believes we should
have....now of course I and all of the others will find ways around
this new way...but its a real pain in the ass. In closing if Win95
OSr1 or 2 is NOT broken on your computer DO NOT INSTALL 98.
Oh have I mentioned its significantly slower in some games....just a
little sideshow from Uncle Winky.
PAPA DOC
Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand
Pink Flamingo Pilot...
http://home.earthlink.net/~plegrand/PINKFLAMINGO.htm
Man, I was starting to think it was me. I've had the same thing happen
several times. Hell, I thought I had clicked on something unintentionally. I
was beginning to think there was something wrong with me and I was pretty
sure it had nothing to do with the *** and crack. :o)
Perry
Since this is rec.autos.simulators, I really don't care how many browsers and
dweeb-a-thons I can run. Oh, yeah. What racing sims are coming out for Linux?
MW
running 2 browsers lets me get flamed twice as fast.
PAPA DOC
Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand
Pink Flamingo Pilot...
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~plegrand/PINKFLAMINGO.htm
sat in my
This behaviour first happened to me with OSR2 - but you can get around it.
When changing drivers go to select a driver from database or list? then
choose
your older driver from the list that you want to use and show the way to
where
its driver files are extracted.
If you hadn't installed the older driver first before the newer driver you
might not be able to do
this - If you have the DirectX5 SDKit you can force overwrite all drivers
and then you'll
be able to reinstall all your drivers old to newest.
It is a pain in the arse but better than reformatting.
I got a 15% better frame rate with timedemo 0.2 in unreal with high
detail textures after installing W98- but only a 5% improvement with low
detail
textures. Win 98 seems to always creates a virtual swap file even if you
have free RAM!!
I found setting a maximum vcache limit removed occasional pauses in unreal.
Why 98
works so much better with detail textures has something to do with the
caching it uses.
15% better with high detail textures on a 8Mb V^2- I love W98 for that.
Michael Y
>Man, I was starting to think it was me. I've had the same thing happen
>several times. Hell, I thought I had clicked on something unintentionally. I
>was beginning to think there was something wrong with me and I was pretty
>sure it had nothing to do with the *** and crack. :o)
PAPA DOC
Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand
Pink Flamingo Pilot...
http://home.earthlink.net/~plegrand/PINKFLAMINGO.htm
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