Re: OT - RAM utilities -> XP sucks? -> ME is worse?
 

Honestly winXP is the best OS I have ever used (lots of experience with 95, 98, some with 2000, and some with unix stuff)
The biggest problem that Ive ever had with XP was that SP1 downloaded crappy drivers for my GF4 Ti so I had to go to nvidia to get good ones so I could play NWN and others again. Other than that it is kicking *** for me. Every patch installed, and a good virus scanner on a kick *** machine, I am good to go.
Honestly, XP will crash, but so much less than 98 did for me that I do not care, and I do cause most of the crashes by doing dumb stuff.
But Windows Media player 9 beta sucks ***, it totally got ruined, the new features sound cool but mostly they dont work

Re: OT - RAM utilities -> XP sucks? -> ME is worse?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That isn't my only beef with XP. The fisher price comments refer to more than just the desktop theme. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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My real beef with MS OS's is that if you want to run your software you have no choice but to get an MS OS. Now if MS had got to this lofty position by producing good quality software that the competition couldn't then fine. But they got there through ruthless (and I believe now proven illegal) practices.

Re: OT - RAM utilities -> XP sucks? -> ME is worse?
 

I've been using XP, both Home and Professional editions, for about 6 months now. Previously, I'd used 98SE as well as ME on various office computers and laptops. I have experienced no problems at all with XP. It has worked fine for me and has been completely stable.

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Going from ME to nearly anything is a huge improvement! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

If you haven't used 2000, you won't see the glaring problems with XP qutie as much, cause you won't know what to look for. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I run 1 box with 98SE, 1 box with XP pro, 5 boxes with 2000 server, and 4 boxes with 2000 pro. They range from 200 MHz up to 2.90GHz, and all of them run 24/7 with no problems. Most lock ups and BSD’s are caused by poorly written software and drivers. Games are also a big problem; again this is do to poorly written code.

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"Most lock ups and BSD’s are caused by poorly written software and drivers. Games are also a big problem; again this is do to poorly written code."

I would argue that an OS that must be rebooted after a software crash is itself not written well. Unless the software is something like an installer that needs access to system files.

Now I just have to figure out why my laptop locked up today. With nothing opened but the pre-installed stuff (and not all of it, DIE messanger, DIE).

Phoenix-D

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL! No arguement there!

Regarding the XP VS 2000 issue, 2000 is fine if you're happy with it, I was responing more specifically to the "XP sucks" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif comments.

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XP still sucks though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">OT: So thats how you screamed past me.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Back on-topic: I've been using 2000Pro and it has been (as far as MS standards go) bulletproof. My machine I'm typing this on has been running crash-free for over 2 weeks without a reboot or logoff. And no, I don't just type on it - I do some relatively serious ASP / VB development most of the time and write SQL Server front-ends the rest of the time (and of course SE4!!!).

Reguardless of that, a lot of people love to bash MS. Of course, a lot of people love to bash the 'winner' of anything. Look at a car race: they take the winner's car and break it down to every Last bolt to see if they're cheating (noone gives a s#*t if the loser cheats!!). That goes for business, sports, you-name-it...

I'm not at all suggesting that MS is great and puts out the best product it can. ANd lets be real - marketing and 'strongarm' tactics can only take you so far in the real world. The reality is that most people and businesses voted (with their wallet) that Windows was the best OS around. That is NOT my opinion but pure fact....

LET THE FLAMES BEGIN!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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