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Offline jaus

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« on: January 17, 2002, 08:30:32 AM »
I've been thinking about upgrading my system from w98 to XP home and wanted to get some opinions from you guys who have done the same.

What do you think about XP and...

gaming support...

installing over W98 (problems, caveats, etc)...

stability/incompatibility issues...

Is it worth it in general?


Thanks,
jaus.
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2002, 09:01:44 AM »
I run win2k at home and am very happy. Anything released for an os I wait a year till I upgrade so they can get all of the bugs out.
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2002, 09:10:10 AM »
I've been running XP for a couple months now and have never been happier.  I've done both an upgrade from WinME and a clean full install and never have had a problem with hardware compatibility.  

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2002, 09:38:37 AM »
I dont use it but many people are seem to be happy with it.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2002, 09:43:19 AM »
As a simple user, there's nothing to choose from win 98 to XP. Indeed, XP is a bit heavier to run.

However, once you get past the simple user aspects, XP has a lot of very cool features which make it a worthwhile upgrade with regards to system/network administration and maintenance. XP offers control - a lot of it.

Ignore Win 2000. Drivers are a bastard to find, spotty DirectX support and seeing as XP has more drivers than 2000 already, I think it's safe to say that MS them selves see it as a dead end.

In short; if you're the type that never "tinkers" with the PC it's self, stick to Win98.

If you do like to tinker, go straight to XP.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2002, 09:44:07 AM »
IMO  windows XP is a security problem with all the open ports.
I'm the IS Manager for our Town and there is no way I will allow XP on our machines.

I can't say how it works with AH but the possibilities of hacking, virus and/or worse keep me away from it.

I agree with waiting a year or more on newly released software.  There are just too many bugs otherwise.


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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2002, 10:22:41 AM »
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IMO  windows XP is a security problem with all the open ports.
I'm the IS Manager for our Town and there is no way I will allow XP on our machines.

I can't say how it works with AH but the possibilities of hacking, virus and/or worse keep me away from it.

I agree with waiting a year or more on newly released software.  There are just too many bugs otherwise.


hehe.. spitler youth :)      


All MS operating system's have run with open ports thats why microsoft has so many security updates and service packs for there OSs. If you want closed ports and better security use linux Solaris or unix.
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2002, 10:46:09 AM »
I been running it for awhile now. I even run the Siatek joystick X36 with the drivers from the Siatek help website. No problems and if you have more then one machine get PRO. I also run the base drivers from the WinXP for my Geforce card.
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2002, 11:22:15 AM »
Spend the $100 on some new hardware.
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2002, 11:41:00 AM »
S!
If you have atleast 800MHz cpu and 256MB RAM, I'd suggest you to go for Windows 2000 Professional. Absolutely superb OS. Applications may crash, but win2k just announce that it'll be closed and everything continues as normal. I've never been happier, actually I'm the happiest...
I have 933MHz cpu with 512MB RAM and win2k is really fast. I think more memory is better than faster cpu. If you want stability, there aren't more stable OS than Win2k, period.

Seeker, what do you mean by drivers? I was really surprised when I first plugged my HP Deskjet 890C printer, Win2k didn't even bother to inform that new printer was installed. I thought there's something wrong and started to search the net to find drivers. Couldn't find, that got me really worried until I happened to look to printers folder; there it was, installed automatically and everything worked perfectly, hehe. Even GF2 detonator drivers for Win2k comes as fast as for other OS's. DirectX problems? Never had any. Jaus, don't listen to him, he don't know what he's talking about and more over, he don't know what he's missing...
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2002, 11:58:58 AM »
XP rocks. Best OS I've ever worked with. Stable, great performance, simple to work with.
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2002, 12:07:05 PM »
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If you have atleast 800MHz cpu and 256MB RAM, I'd suggest you to go for Windows 2000 Professional.
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I have a 266 with 256 mb ram and it run beutifully. Cant do AH on that box but it runs the os just fine and other apps.
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2002, 12:08:32 PM »
Whatever you do, do not buy XP home.

It's the worst OS m$ ever made security wise. XP home comes with IIS installed by default - and thats loophole nr.1 for hackers.
It also lacks a huge amount of functions found in the pro.. basically its a mutilated version of the pro and there's no sensible reason why anyone should buy it.

So if you must get Xp, get XP professional. Or W2k Professional..
I've been running W2k for almost a year now and I'm very pleased with the performance.
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2002, 12:29:21 PM »
w2k pro is the stuff.

xp.. I'll never , ever run it.

as for the open ports on all MS stuff.. bull.
xp is the ONLY os shipped with all ports open.

not that MS is great , I hate it.
but.. can't afford Unix here :)
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2002, 12:31:59 PM »
Wlfgng thats why that crazy finn developed linux. Anyone can afford it.
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