Any Reason to Upgrade from WIN 98?

My 1 year old IBM drive decided to bite the big one this weekend. With a new drive configuration my system recovery tapes are useless, so I need to reload Windows and Solaris from scratch. I use Windows is only for games. Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP later? Thanks Larry

Larry Lindstrom wrote: > > I use Windows is only for games. > > Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which > I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP > later? If games is the only use you have for Windows, you'd be better off to stick with Win98SE. I'm not so sure XP will be a good path to follow either, but we'll see when we get there. -- Fester

on my machine ME almost never crashes...you should try it... "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: [email hidden]...

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> My 1 year old IBM drive decided to bite the big one > this weekend. > > With a new drive configuration my system recovery > tapes are useless, so I need to reload Windows and > Solaris from scratch. > > I use Windows is only for games. > > Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which > I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP > later? > > Thanks > Larry >

I've run Win ME on both my PCs. No problems at all, but you absolutely must turn off system restore if you want to play games. Win 2000 is more stable than ME, but not particularly useful for gaming IMO. -- Ian P <email invalid due to spammers> "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%kQQ6.2082$[email hidden]... > on my machine ME almost never crashes...you should try it... > > > "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: > [email hidden]... > > My 1 year old IBM drive decided to bite the big one > > this weekend. > > > > With a new drive configuration my system recovery > > tapes are useless, so I need to reload Windows and > > Solaris from scratch. > > > > I use Windows is only for games. > > > > Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which > > I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP > > later? > > > > Thanks > > Larry > > > >

I use ME for GPL and the longer I play the slower the game gets. It's not a memory or processor or GPU problem: >512 MB, 1.4 GHz P4, and GF2. Exiting and restarting GPL does nothing. I have to reboot to clear out whatever it is that's getting clogged. In addition, GPL has gotten slower and slower in general over time. My HD has plenty of space and I regularly defragment. Don't know what it is. I only know that I used to run at 1280x1024 with every setting at max, and now can really only run at 1024x768 with mirror detail set to Cars & Track. I've never heard anyone complain of these problems with 98. I'm considering downgrading to 98. Don't use w2k for GPL if you have a Logitech Wingman FF wheel (original or GP). There's a rather severe twitch problem that makes me crash. I have an original Wingman FF and the newer GP version, and both do it. I've tried everything I can think of and everything suggested at this newsgroup with no success. Although GPL runs faster and smoother (and doesn't have the memory limitation problem--GPL requires the replayMemoryOverride setting in 98/ME to limit it to 256; without the override, it won't work correctly), but the twitch problem is so irritating that I can't drive. --Jeff "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My 1 year old IBM drive decided to bite the big one > this weekend. > > With a new drive configuration my system recovery > tapes are useless, so I need to reload Windows and > Solaris from scratch. > > I use Windows is only for games. > > Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which > I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP > later? > > Thanks > Larry

Larry Lindstrom wrote: < SNIP > Thanks to everyone for your responses. I don't think there is any compelling reason to upgrade. Larry

My only regret for installing Win2k, is that the Win version of ICR2 doesn't work....but the dos one does :\ On Tue, 29 May 2001 08:22:35 -0700, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> My 1 year old IBM drive decided to bite the big one >this weekend. > > With a new drive configuration my system recovery >tapes are useless, so I need to reload Windows and >Solaris from scratch. > > I use Windows is only for games. > > Is there any reason to go with WIN ME, 2000 (which >I have in a box) or stick with 98, and upgrade to XP >later? > > Thanks > Larry

A rare post indeed.. -Larry "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%kQQ6.2082$[email hidden]... > on my machine ME almost never crashes...you should try it...