OT: Considering changing OS (Poll) - Page 4

Thermodyne · #31 March 29th, 2004, 08:29 PM

2K pro is $99 in lots of 1
XP home--$107 in lots of 1
XP pro--$120 in lots of 1

Slynky · #32 March 29th, 2004, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Probably should have mentioned that this is a poll.

How much does windows 2k cost?

I took the poll...

...so I feel licensed to comment.

I loaded Win2K at home (from the office). I can tell you now, there are more problems running a wide variety of games on it than other OS's. At least, I experienced them. Yes, I suppose there is tweaking to be done, but IF your PC is used for a wide variety of games, I would recommend something else. Go to Media Play or Best Buy and take a look at which OS's are supported on a miscellaneous selection of games.

Win2K was made as an "office" system. As such, game makers weren't overly concerned about making sure games were compatible with it. IF they ran, fine, if not, they didn't expend a whole lot of effort trying to figure out why.

You can believe what you like from people who have posted here. But, look at the voting and ask yourself why you would choose anything other than XP.

But, THIS I can promise you...

"I don't think Win2K is the right OS for you. I feel strongly enough about it that I will send you a check for $25 to help you buy XP."

I don't know you, but I suspect you play lots of games...I'd hate to see you get the OS that wasn't the best investment for you IF that is what you use your computer for mostly.

Just let me know. I'll need an address and a RL name...Narf just won't make it on a check...

).

parabolize · #33 March 30th, 2004, 12:31 AM

xp and 2k pro will not run old games like starcraft very good. New games on the other hand will work great.
If you got linux (suse good) wine will run older games and wineX will run newer.
suse home ~45USD
suse pro ~95USD (dont get if your not a programer)
wine free
wineX costs something monthly

xp, 2k and suse are all really easy to install and configure but 2k and suse got better GUI.

Fyron · #34 March 30th, 2004, 01:57 AM

Erm... sure they will. I have never seen Starcraft fail to run on an XP box or an (updated) 2000 box... you may have just had bad luck.

2000 seems better able to run older games than XP, as it still has the actual DOS kernal around. Of course, you can always create a small partition and install win 98 on it to run all those old games you still want to run... you can install multiple Windows OSes if 2000 or later is installed first.

Suse Linux is free! Just download it from their website.

[ March 30, 2004, 00:01: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #35 March 30th, 2004, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slynky:

quote:
Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Probably should have mentioned that this is a poll.

How much does windows 2k cost?

I took the poll... ...so I feel licensed to comment.

Just wanted to make sure everybody knew, since I didn't stick poll in the name at first.

Thermodyne · #36 March 30th, 2004, 03:14 AM

I would go with XP. Personally, I like 2K better, but that is from a support point of view. XP is more user friendly and has much better built in driver support. Both will run old games in compatibility mode, but XP is a little better at it. Compatibility mode is old news now, Virtual PC has eclipsed it. Virtual PC allows you to have a Virtual OS running from within XP or 2K. You can then load your 9x games into a virtual 9x install. Also, XP is still seeing actual enhancements from MS, SP2 is an example. MS actually put some balls on the firewall. 2K is more or less complete, and not getting the new features that are coming for XP. From an enterprise point of view, XP is a pain in the butt. But this is not really an issue for a home user that has access to administrative rights.

PS: I voted XP, even though I love 2K.

Thermodyne · #37 March 30th, 2004, 03:18 AM

Forgot to add that SP2bata has a built in popup blocker for IE6. The guys that are not behind firewalls should enjoy this.

Slynky · #38 March 30th, 2004, 04:17 AM

What is this 9x compatibility thing, Thermodyne? I have a game I really like that, I believe, won't run on anything higher than 98. Cyberstorm. And Sierra (I think that's who made it) let it "die" instead of keeping it upgraded. I sure would like to run it again.

Electrum · #39 March 30th, 2004, 04:30 AM

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Forgot to add that SP2bata has a built in popup blocker for IE6. The guys that are not behind firewalls should enjoy this.

I was just using the Google Toolbar, at least will I was stil using IE

Electrum · #40 March 30th, 2004, 04:33 AM

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Originally posted by Slynky:
What is this 9x compatibility thing, Thermodyne? I have a game I really like that, I believe, won't run on anything higher than 98. Cyberstorm. And Sierra (I think that's who made it) let it "die" instead of keeping it upgraded. I sure would like to run it again.

You need to go into the file properties and you can choose a compatability mode. Sometimes it works, and somtimes.....
If it's a DOS game, it still may not. I have old stuff like that too. I just resurrected an old PC for such things