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Which operating system is the best?

Started by dew7, March 05, 2004, 03:08:28 AM

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Louisiana Night

Yeah, it did take forever to load.

Did you have stability problems with it? Because it crashed a lot, when I was using it. :S

Shadowfax

Well I will admit it was a rather unstable system in the last months of it's existence on my computer. Mind you I think that was partially due to having millions of extraneous files that were adding "noise" to the systems core processes.
When cities burn and armies turn,
and flee in disarray,
Cowards will cry 'tis best to fly
and fight another day.
But warriors know it in their marrow when they die and fall,
It is better to have fought and lost than not have fought at all.

dew7

ME is considered to be one of MS worst operating systems.  98SE works nicely for me and I also use XP Professional but I still like 98SE better for games because they seem to run better.  (Fewer dropped frames + sharper graphics at least for me)
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Louisiana Night

#483
Any chance that has something to do with your PC? ???

Most people say you should have at least 512meg of memory, to use it.

Myself, I squeeze by on 256meg. :P

P.S. It could also be, that XP got a virus. I doubt that happend though, considering how much effort you put, into getting rid of them. 8)

dew7

Perhaps I need to configure XP better.  I know how 98SE runs a lot better and yes I have 512 mb's of memory.   :D
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Louisiana Night

#485
Except for hearing that there are some pieces of hardware(that weren't made with XP's architecture in mind), that can make XP run less effectively, compared to Win98, I have NO idea why it would do that. :-\

Well that, and XP uses more of your PC's resources. XD

dew7

I will let you know if I am able to figure it out.  :>
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dew7

#487
Here is the website for 98, 98SE and ME expiration date of June 30, 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];LifeAn1

Neil can you fix this please so the whole link is active --
Thanks  :D
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Yonkey

Quote from: dew7 on September 27, 2004, 01:49:17 AM
Neil can you fix this please so the whole link is active --
Thanks  :D
Because of the square brackets in the URL, I can't.  If you want to visit the link, just copy and paste it.  ;D
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Louisiana Night

Thanks for the link, but Microsoft's support doesn't matter much to me. If I re-install 98SE, it will be for older apps. 8)

P.S. What was the [LN] about? ???

dew7

It is the website that shows 98, 98SE and ME will expire on June 30, 2006 -- it just happens to have your initials in it ---  :P
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Louisiana Night

XD

Well I'll stick with XP anyways. If for no other reason, than that it has NTFS. :P

dew7

Unfortunately, all Windows operating systems still have too many security problems.  I feel that open-source products will continue to grow but I doubt they will be a big threat to the Microsoft monopoly at least not in the near future.
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dew7

Just found a game -- Wing Commander: Prophecy runs too quickly in XP Professional on my system but 98SE runs it well.   :P   :suffer:
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Louisiana Night

I like Wing Commander, fun game. I don't think I've ever played Prophecy though. :-\

Isn't it a DOS game? If so...

solution=DOSbox

dew7

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Louisiana Night

#496
I didn't think the series lasted that long. :-\

Back to VDMsound. :P

*wonders why Microsoft, didn't bundle WINE with XP* XD :P ::)

dew7

*Really misses the Wing Commander series

*Wonders about these Window lite versions that are being released around the world
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Grundy

I played through most of the Wing Commander series... great games!   :D

dew7

Now Microsoft is focusing on its Media Center --- with all their problems with security in Windows I find it surprising that the competition has not given the public a great alternative that people will accept quickly   :o
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