Which operating system is the best?

[dew7]

I must say that I am very pleased with my dual-booting of 98SE and XP Pro.  I have 98SE on my C: drive as Fat32 and XP Pro. as NTFS.  Thus, 98SE cannot even see my D: drive and I am careful about not saving anything from XP to my C: drive to avoid any potential conflicts.  I would suggest people to go this route if they need the backwards-compatibility of 98SE as well as the newer technologies of XP to support the latest hardware and some of the latest software.

[Storm]

A funny thing -
Searching for "longhorn" on my current favorite file sharing program, I get a full page of (downloadable) "M$ Windows Longhorn" results
*Wonders whether to download a copy*
Nahh

Has it been released yet?

[dew7]

No, it has not been released.  I think it is going into beta stage next year and is currently only in alpha testing stage.  I think Longhorn will be released in 2006 or 2007.

[dew7]

:>  I thought this debate might interest some users -- from microsoft 98 general newsgroup:

Dan (Still seems to be a great demand for 98SE)  I wonder how long this will last?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
The demand for SE is a last-gasp effort to keep using Windows 98, period. It is minimum requirement for USB2 and Firewire devices, and even then, it is
quickly fading. My guess is that by the end of 2005, not even Win98SE or Windows ME will make it onto many MinReq lists

Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
>
For the new major applications software, yeah.   But I guess the Big Question is:  do we really need those, or can the old apps do what we need -
and do just fine?

An example:  I could still be reasonably content using Office 95 or Office 97.    Both do more than I need.

Windows 95 would have been pretty much ok, too, although (admitedly) I do like a few goodies in Win98SE.  ("Reminds me of Copycat -- Dew7")

Windows 3.1 (and the 8.3 filename apps that ran on it)?    Uh, well, you can have that one!    LOL!

[dew7]

All this talk about browsers has me thinking.  I wonder if  Microsoft will ever release the 9x source code to the open-source community after support for 98SE is ended on 30 June 2006.  Also, in the 98 general newsgroup someone mentioned that the use of 98(98SE) machines that are connected to the internet is down to 5%.

     

[Louisiana Night]

Considering it's Microsoft... I doubt they'd do that.

They have nothing to gain from doing that, and might have something to lose ( if they ever decide to make use of the 9x code ).

[dew7]

Very true, LN.  I don't think there is a chance that Microsoft will do it for pr reasons or to allow themselves to have some true competition to the NT source code and allow the 9x source to show how really truly awesome it is in the hands of the open-source community.  However, my "pipe dream" will continue.

[Oldbushie]

Windows 3.1 rocks! :B

[racx_00]

Yeah! Rock on Windows 3.1!

[copycat]

Windows 3.1 rocks! :B

Ofcoure it rocks, it's based on the most reliable OS ever: DOS.

[edgarnick]

my favourite version of windows is M.E because it has MS-DOS. And the only reason i like MS-DOS is because i play kq6 with it.

[Louisiana Night]

*dusts off thread*

For those that don't know already, Apple is switching to x86 CPUs now(translation= Macintosh computers are going to start using Pentiums, Athlons, and/or the like). Sadly, the new version of OSX will not run any of the old Mac and OSX software(to the best of my knowledge).

[Drunken Chinchilla]

Yeah I saw that a while back  things are going to start getting quite interesting I reckon.

[Louisiana Night]

Has anyone else tried Vista yet?... it's odd.

*plays with the Vista server beta*

[racx_00]

I've seen screenshots. Looks too mac like for me

[Louisiana Night]

Well, I'm using the server version. Looks more like a 9x OS than a Mac.

and, if you have a large hardrive, it makes XP look shameful(clients can install, not just the admin... though I've been running it almost completely in admin mode).

The way user accounts work in XP is annoying... well, so is Vista's/Longhorn's, but not as annoying.

[racx_00]

Well, I'm using the server version. Looks more like a 9x OS than a Mac.

and, if you have a large hardrive, it makes XP look shameful(clients can install, not just the admin... though I've been running it almost completely in admin mode).

The way user accounts work in XP is annoying... well, so is Vista's/Longhorn's, but not as annoying.

User accounts are not the only thing that sucks about

[awesomeasapossum]

I have an XP! oh and...I can play all my old programs on it to: X-Men, Spider-Man, and X-Men Cartoonmaker, ALL of the King's Quests, and other things.

[edgarnick]

To be personal I XP. I have once had a macintosh computer and i hated it Theres not enough compatibility with programs, devices, and theres no floppy drive :O When Windows XP came out it was my exscuse to get a new computer

[Gilgamesh]

I don't like XP The old version of DOS has been removed.
No more old games that only work on DOS

I know it's still on it but there are some games you can't play anymore when you have XP