OT: Considering changing OS (Poll)

Fyron · #1 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 · #2 March 30th, 2004, 02:29 AM

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Originally posted by Slynky:

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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 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 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