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Wardad said:
XP seems like the only reasonble choice for a gamer, in the near future.
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Not at all. 2k plays modern games and a lot of older games without issue, 98 plays all older games without issue. XP costs you a lot of money and won't be able to play all older games anyways.
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Wardad said:
Actually - being able to play old Favorites like MOO 1 is a requirement.
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Games like that you can likely get working in Wine or Cedega (with a bit of work). A lot of DOS games run under 2k, but others don't. It is hit and miss. No guarantee that it will run under XP either. 98 is the only way to be safe for old DOS games. With 2k or XP, DosBox is a good (and free) DOS emulator for those old DOS games, and assuming you have a computer with more than a few hundred megahertz CPU, it will work just fine.
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Wardad said:
Why XP pro over XP home? I thought that pro just had some remote admin hooks in it.
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Home is terrible. Try to avoid it. I don't remember all of the specific reasons, but a quick google search should turn up plenty of sites about the differences.
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Wardad said:
What about dual boot Linux and XP? Which installs first? Are different drive (formats) needed?
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Not a bad option. Different drives formatted with different methods are certainly needed. Install XP first, as Linux is fine recognizing XP as another OS, but XP doesn't like Linux... Of course, there is no need to get XP just for games. Just set up 98 as the other OS for your games.
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tesco samoa said:
as for linux package. suse mandrake etc... are good distro's
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Nah. Debian all the way. Start coming by #SpaceEmpires again and you will know why.
