yeah i'm still on win98 and i like this OS, i think it's better than the other, it's configurable like you want, you can change everything, et blah blah blah...
win 95 and 95 are probably the worst OS out there, for example, there GUI sucks, and in a few years, they wont b able to run the games coming out especialy for xp, because they wotn have the stuff that onyl XP has _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Win95 sucks for pretty much anything nowadays. Win98 is still the best OS around for games, and because of this, I can't foresee any developers making a game solely for use on WinXP. The major market for WinXP is people who don't know much about computers, anyway, and those people tend towards not playing games. Unless MS comes out with a super-stable, highly customizable, and flexable OS like Win98 is, we wont be seeing Win98 falling by the wayside
You're right Banshee: XP is a resource hog. Plain and simple. It's like WinAmp3. I use WinAmp2 because the new version is such a huge resource hog, it's barely worth it, especially since I tend to do things that require massive CPU power (Ie. games like Morrowind and Deus Ex [Deus Ex can use a lot of resources when you max the quality out @.@]). Also, I should note, WinXP can't handle any games made specifically for a DOS-based OS. That includes CnC: TD, the Monkey Island games (Except the new one), any old DOS games (Like Wolfenstein 3D), as well as some newer games like Deus Ex and NWN.
Dooffy, I've heard a lot of reasons people justify using WinXP over Win98, and the GUI thing is the stupidest one I know. No offense, man, but it's just idiotic. The point of an OS isn't to look pretty. If it was, noone would use Linux. The Win98 GUI is as good as anyone could want it, and if you're still not satisfied with it... Well, hell, just download DesktopX and you can convert the Win98 OS into an exact replica of the computer on the Enterprise in Star Trek (NC-17D, not the old ones)... Or, you could make it an exact replica of the Uplink OS, or pretty much anything you want. There's about thirty thousand DesktopX skins that turn your Win98 GUI into a replica of the WinXP one, so if you really like the WinXP GUI, get that.
(Just a note, if anyone does get DesktopX, I'd like to suggest you not fool around with making custom modules for it until you're sure you know what you're doing. I dd that and screwed my comp up :S. Also, the H20 skin is amazing, if you have the patience to get it working) QUICK_EDIT
well, the GUi was the only thing i could think of at 2 in the morning.
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once any of the system files get a problem that doesnt allow it to start, you are completely screwed up...
Untrue, u can just undo what you did, you can even make up data restoration points, and thn, if restorin fuks up, u can undo that aswell _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Yeah, Win98 does crash a bunch, if they could just fix that and keep everything else the same, it would be awesome. I still use windows 98. I would have put windows Xp on my computer but a friend of myne says you need about 600 MHZ, and that I dont have. I dont like the windowsXP format anyway, Im too used to Windows 98.
one off topic question... Im in the process of reformatting my HD. How do you back up the drivers? _________________ QUICK_EDIT
TS, you can change XPs appearance to make the start menu, control panel etc look like the windows 98 versions but you do need processing power to run it. I'm upgrading from 98 to XP ASAP because I personally like the look of the XP interface but that's just me.... QUICK_EDIT
What's really so great about Xp I have yet to figure it out all I know is that I hate it and I still don't know why. _________________
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I just like XP because it IS more stable then windows 98. Its not anything majorly new but its a big enhancement, its an evolution not a revolution. I've heard from friends that XP 'dumbs down' the operation of a computer but that simply isn't true, I can testify to that. In my opinion there's nothing wrong with XP at all, the only hassle I've ever had with it is Product Activation but there are *cough*ways round that*cough*. QUICK_EDIT
don't forget that most of user of Winxp are new noob or just guys who bought a computer on the shop (win xp is directly installed on the computer...). QUICK_EDIT
i got my comp 2001 christmas, and that had xp on it. on XP it is much easier to do stuff, ie, i spent ages trying to make a network with a wins 98 and a win xp, but isnce i had no luck there. but when i bought XP and puyt it ont he other computer, it took me like 30 mins to do it ( took 15, 20 misn to get the hang of XP) _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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don't forget that most of user of Winxp are new noob or just guys who bought a computer on the shop (win xp is directly installed on the computer...).
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i got my comp 2001 christmas, and that had xp on it. on XP it is much easier to do stuff, ie, i spent ages trying to make a network with a wins 98 and a win xp, but isnce i had no luck there. but when i bought XP and puyt it ont he other computer, it took me like 30 mins to do it ( took 15, 20 misn to get the hang of XP)
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My Win98SE crashes every day... specially when I have too much opened IEs. I majorly have problems with:
- Internet Explorer
- XCC Mixer 1.22 or better.
- Warcraft 3 in DirectX mode, but I play it in OpenGL.
- Generals crashes rarely here... I actually dont know if it crashes anymore...
- MSN... but MSN stop working for some seconds and return everytime. I dont know what does causes it, as it didnt used to be like that before I "format" my hd... QUICK_EDIT
I rarely have problems with my comp except with speed issues(ram related) and some progs mainly win amp 3 just eat all my resources. _________________
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My Uncle who lives on a farm bought a new computer with a lot of power and currently he's letting my cousin use it for running SNES roms... Oh ya, they also have a real SNES... I just have to laugh at that. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
i dotn c hows that is funny, i used to dl emulators and roms all the times for the snes onwards, couldnt find nay roms for the newer console emularors.
The last time my comp with xp crashed, when was i was mucking arounf in DOS command console.
and there sum probs with WOL and my ISP, bu other than that my comp is great _________________ QUICK_EDIT
I'd like to point out to everyone here that I have NEVER, in my entire life, had a Windows crash that wasn't directly and obviously my fault. I've had problems with DirectX, but DX isn't windows. Usually, crashes are caused by you ztyping with windows, and I'll admit, it doesn't take well with ztyping around (Unlike good ole' Win 3.1), but then, neither does any other Windows OS made after 1994. If you experiance crashes in windows or anything, it's probably due to some program ztyping around with Windows system files. QUICK_EDIT
If you experiance crashes in windows or anything, it's probably due to some program ztyping around with Windows system files.
You got that mate:)
anyway windows 2k works and is good enough for me... except for the 35 minor crashes a day, which like kane said is usually my ffault. QUICK_EDIT
i dotn c hows that is funny, i used to dl emulators and roms all the times for the snes onwards, couldnt find nay roms for the newer console emularors.
Its funny because the brand new good computer that has tons of potential is only being used for a emulator. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
I can't believe everyone is using winamp 2 or 3! Have you people not heard of Musicmatch Jukebox? Its absolutely awesome! Admittedly I did use Winamp a while back but around the time Winamp3 came out I found Musicmatch and I haven't gone back since. Go to www.musicmatch.com if you're interested. QUICK_EDIT
i used this before i used any other playing program. Then a mate pointe dout that thge playing quality is beter on Windows Media Player than MusicMatch.
So i Use Iwndows Media Player, but my mate still use MusicMatch (cos he paid for it) _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Who deleted the posts before mine, then edited my post to make it look like it was a topic about windows? I KNOW it was an admin, because the Edited By thing doesn't show up. Fess up, punks!
Windows XP is too much of a pain in the ass. I had it for, like, a day, and I hated almost everything about it. It would be okay for someone who only uses their computer for the internet, but for someone who plays games, it's horrible, and I'll never get it. I'm saving my 169 dollars for something useful .
Ya I just got Winamp 2 from there. Also ll of my friends who have just got a new comp with XP have done nothin but complain because none of their games would work. I'm gonna stay clear and even if I get it with a new comp I'll swith bac to 98. _________________
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right, if u dont liek xp cos u "cant" play games on there (i acn play any game)
but if u just want to play old agames, why not just keep ur shitty ol windows 95 and play on that. Yyou normal get a new comp with a ge force 4 and loads of ram for games and that cos i dont know what other eason ud use them for (well i do, but there not legal )
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Dooffy, I would neve use Win95. It's the crappiest OS I've used, almost as bad as XP. XP is no good for games. Sure it will run some--I'm not saying it wont run any--but a lot of games can't be run. Give me one good advantage it has over Win98. The only real advantage I see is the NTFS format, which I think is pretty neat, but that's not worth switching to an unstable and heavy OS. I like my nice, sleek, Win98. Besides, I personally think WinXP looks pretty stupid, but maybe that's just my oldsk00lness talking QUICK_EDIT
XP. can run all the games on 98, just not the old old 1's built for 95, so if you want to play them games, u might as well buy a 3rd hand computer for £10 with windows 95 on it so u can play _________________ QUICK_EDIT
I must admit Kane, so far I've not had any trouble running any games I've got on XP. You mention in a post somewhere near the top that Deus Ex has trouble in XP but quite frankly that's rubbish, I'm already about half way through it after upgrading to XP and I've had no problem save for scratchy sound before I updated my drivers QUICK_EDIT
Sure it is. I could tell it was running slow when I used it. And when I had WinXP I had a pretty good computer (Slower processor than I have now, but it was still running a lot slower than when I had Win98). Also, our school has 1.5ghz computers running WinXP, and they run as slow as hell.
You got Deus Ex running under WinXP? That's pretty cool. Considering the Deus Ex support site says SPECIFICALLY that attempting to run DX under WinXP is dangerous, as it doesn't support XP at present. It has a huge support topic, near the top of the page, in capital letters, saying not to run DX under WinXP. Also, Windows XP causes problems in a lot of games. Hell, CC can't run Neverwinter Nights on WinXP, and NWN is an fairly recent game.
Like I said before, in order for me to upgrade to Windows XP, I'd have to see a reason to do it, and besides the easier Windows login dialog, and the NTFS file system, there are no advantages over Win98. Plus, I use a lot of DOS programs, and windows XP really hates DOS. QUICK_EDIT
yep, and hwo the hell is it dangerous to install deus ex on xp, if anything, its esafer than 98 and xp dosent hate DOS, xp is the 1st OS not based in DOS (windows OS) _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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yep, and hwo the hell is it dangerous to install deus ex on xp, if anything, its esafer than 98 and xp dosent hate DOS, xp is the 1st OS not based in DOS (windows OS)
- Windows Me is the first to exclude DOS, XP is the second. And Kane is right, I mean, a game will run much slower in XP. A game that needs a lot of resources like Deus Ex will run very slowly in XP. Win 98 is better because it doesnt take much resources of the system and still has a good interface. QUICK_EDIT
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Kane, the original topic was about a remake of C&C. What does windows has to do with it? Since it went so much offtopic, I splitted that.
Even with the ram you judge necessary, win98 will always run programs faster than XP, because it doesnt affects only RAM, but processor as well as win XP is full of trash to process too... QUICK_EDIT
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don't like very winXP too "family"
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