Best for the game - XP or Vista

[Hoplite]

I could argue with you concerning the "tripe" (which I did not say, btw)... but why bother? 

XP is fine for the game.  Security of your data is another matter...and it will get worse as time goes on.  If you want to use it on as the OS for a pure "gaming" PC feel free....but I'd be careful what other activities you perform on the machine.

[Bino]

Vista has these nasty little circles all over it, where folks have "touched it with a ten-foot pole".   

Microsoft has announced the end of Extended Support for XP on 14-Apr-2014, which means no more security patches.  Unless you have the budget to negotiate a special support arrangement with them. 

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?c2=1173

[Bino]

Oops, correct drop-dead date for XP:  08-Apr-2014

[Skuzzy]

The best thing a Vista DVD is for, is to test out the destructive capabilities of your shredder.

[morfiend]

The best thing a Vista DVD is for, is to test out the destructive capabilities of your shredder.

  Now Skuzzy,vista isnt that bad,sure it took me 2 months to get it configured to work for me but once I got it squared away it's been a very stable machine.

  Besides Win7 is just vista sp3..........


        Evertone wants to blame M$ but really it was everyone else who didnt bother to update the drivers before vista was released....




     

[Skuzzy]

There are fundamental design flaws, in Vista, which cannot be worked around.  Then again, why risk wrecking a perfectly good shredder on something so worthless.

[gyrene81]

windows vista, evidence that microsoft did not believe they could mess up windows millennium.

[Hoplite]

windows vista, evidence that microsoft did not believe they could mess up windows millennium.

* Hoplite still has a copy of Windows Millennium somewhere around here (along with every other version of Windows going back to Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups).  I also have copies of MS-DOS going back to 5.0...my older ones I threw out with my last 5 1/4" floppy drive.   I still have a 3.5 inch drive around here somewhere....

No idea why I keep this crap.

[Bizman]

* Hoplite still has a copy of Windows Millennium somewhere around here (along with every other version of Windows going back to Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups).  I also have copies of MS-DOS going back to 5.0...my older ones I threw out with my last 5 1/4" floppy drive.   I still have a 3.5 inch drive around here somewhere....

No idea why I keep this crap.

During my last inventory I decided not to throw away the 98 booklets with a valid license code. I also seem to have a couple of dozens of bootable 3,5" floppies including Win95 cd drivers and some hard disk tests. And I still have a floppy drive in my PC. It must be in our nature...

[Hoplite]

During my last inventory I decided not to throw away the 98 booklets with a valid license code. I also seem to have a couple of dozens of bootable 3,5" floppies including Win95 cd drivers and some hard disk tests. And I still have a floppy drive in my PC. It must be in our nature...

My son says I'm a horder.  I disagree...then tell him to not throw away that old drug bottle as I can use it to hold nuts and bolts.   

It's a sickness... 

[Bizman]

My son says I'm a horder.  I disagree...then tell him to not throw away that old drug bottle as I can use it to hold nuts and bolts.   

It's a sickness... 

No, not a sickness. It's the way to pay for his college and still have something else than your upper lip on your bread.

[gyrene81]

   i used to keep old hardware and software around, then i found the easiest way to get rid of all that crap you have laying around not really serving a purpose...move. if you only get a vehicle/trailer big enough to carry the necessities, you will find a lot of stuff that isn't necessary.