What OS would u recommed to me?

[MoPMatrix]

I'm usin 98se right now, and if I'm d/lin alot of files over night, or burning a cd. When I come back to the comp its all slow and like takes a while to get back up too speed. And I mean really slow, if u minamize a window it like slides away insead of jumpin down into the start menu, things take forever to load.
I was thinkin it had something to do with 98se's bad mem mangament...
And I'm gettin a new HD soon, And 98se just dosen't seem to be able to cut it anymore so I was wondering what OS I should give a shot.
Everyone says XP and 2000 are really stable and has better mem mangament then the 9x versions, and u can leave em running for months at a time :P
That ain't happeing with 98
But also XP has some compatability problems with older hardware/software, just wondering if it's worth it...
Or should I wait till the service pack comes out?
The main reson I wana get rid of 98se is cuz the slow downs and the instability...
Also u can use more then 512megs of ram in XP :P
Could use the extra sicks I got sittin around.
pritty much all I do is d/l, burn cd's and play ALOT of Descent 3

So what u guys recommed
stick with 98se,
XP
or
win2k

[RainMaQer]

I, personally, just went from 98se to XP pro Corporate (same as pro just no activation) and I love it. I still want to see what all the hype is about with win2k... but so far it works great... as far as compatability... i'm using a sound blaster 16 value ISA sound card and it works fine... no problems... just sounds like **** :p

[Yodums]

Seeing you have very good system specs I'd go with Windows XP Pro.

It is very good especially if you have a good rig.

After a good tweak too it'll run fast.

Yodums

[rogerdugans]

I suggest 2000, I have run all the MS operating systems since Win 3.0 (except ME) and Win2K is the best of the bunch: all the speed and stability of NT, plug and play and compatibility from 9x, and a lot less bloat and resource hogging than XP. IMO.

[Jeff Bolton]

Originally posted by rogerdugans
I suggest 2000, I have run all the MS operating systems since Win 3.0 (except ME) and Win2K is the best of the bunch: all the speed and stability of NT, plug and play and compatibility from 9x, and a lot less bloat and resource hogging than XP. IMO.

nuff said. i agree with rogerdugans and say you should go with 2000. :)

jeff

[Trap]

Well my vote goes for XP Pro Corp. its fast and stable like 2k and i didnt notice any resource hogging...of course both 2k and XP need proper tweaking ;)

[MoPMatrix]

Well I'm sure disabling all those services will be the first thing I do :P

I like Nothing running with my comp, like right now Msconfig has like 3 things in it, when u hit alt-ctrl-del all u see is exploer and system tray, and theres 0 icons in system tray :P

BTW: does anyone know when the first service pack for XP will be out?

[MoPMatrix]

I ran the XP compatbility checker at the MS site just now, it found a few things :P
but I think it's just cuz there not usin XP drivers...

These are all the things it said wouldn't work in XP....

Display adapters
3dfx Voodoo Series (Voodoo 5 5500)

-I know I can get drivers for this...

Printer
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 930C


Sound, video and game controllers
CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device (Onboard C-Media Sound)
Logitech Gaming Devices

-Can get XP drivers for this too...

Universal Serial Bus controllers
ImageMate CompactFlash Drive (Digi cam card reader)

-Dunno about this...

3dfx Tools (in Control Panel) (Vid card Control Pannel)
System Information (in Control Panel)

SiSoft Sandra 2001te Standard (Duh) :P

DirectCD 3

DVD Movie Player

[Oni]

Windows 2000 Professional all the way.

Its more stable, has better compatability, and less stuff to take up your valuable resourses than XP.

[XprincoX]

Well each OS has there pros and cons... just depends on what u do and personal preference i guess... winXP here!! :D

[Trap]

Well..this may turn into "debate"..:eek:

[nuciles]

Let's get a vote!!!

I will vote for 2000!!!

[Maddman]

If you were running win2k and happy with it I wouldn't upgrade to winxp. if on the otherhand you have to buy an OS anyway I recomend winxp. One of my freinds got a copy from one of his enployers and didn't need it so gave it to me and I have been running it for 2 months with no more problems then I had on win2k.

[takiwa]

Let's get a vote!!!

OK...one for XP Pro Corp...

[Tumbler 00]

My question would be, are either one having game compatability problems? I know win2k did a while back.

[Dug]

I just installed XP Pro and have one software compatibility problem (minor). However, I have managed to crash the program completely (auto reboot or blue screen with the feature turned off, no startup items, sitting at desktop), not hardware conflict. I have some old components might have been that. Plus XP need lots of tweaking to run at a acceptable spped. I am going back to win2K Pro.

[lonewolf1983]

win2k pro i have found to be the best
XP gave me alot of problems
and for me its too new an OS for my liking

as for uptimes, week and a half atm on win2k pro
topped out at a month previously
win2k claims memory back as if it was going out of fashion
and should have no problems with drivers

[Wicked Klown]

I'd say go with Windows XP. So far the only problem I had i a game would not install not a big thing tho. So far in every benchmark I have ran I've gaid more points. With 3Dmark2001 I was able to get almost 600 more points.

[DECODER22]

HEHE I SAY WIN2K ADV SERVER ROCKS

[Pdwight]

I just did the upgrade to XP Pro from WIn2K Pro, personally I think its slower. I cant get Wolfenstien to run. It says missing glide ?? something. I can find original VooDoo5 Drivers for XP? XP reports that I only have 32 meg of ram on the card ! its a 64 meg ram AGP card. I am running a SOYO Dragon plus with 256 meg 2700 DDR. I probbly will go back to win2K this weekend. Too many problems, I had to disable my external cache in my bios to get it to run , this slows down my sustem. I Duno you guys have any input ??
THX
Dwight P:eh?:

[trey_w]

love xp, now trying linux

[MoPMatrix]

Originally posted by Pdwight
I just did the upgrade to XP Pro from WIn2K Pro, personally I think its slower. I cant get Wolfenstien to run. It says missing glide ?? something. I can find original VooDoo5 Drivers for XP? XP reports that I only have 32 meg of ram on the card ! its a 64 meg ram AGP card. I am running a SOYO Dragon plus with 256 meg 2700 DDR. I probbly will go back to win2K this weekend. Too many problems, I had to disable my external cache in my bios to get it to run , this slows down my sustem. I Duno you guys have any input ??
THX
Dwight P:eh?:

Get the voodoo 5 - XP Drivers here (http://nat.mine.nu:81/3dfx/)
It'll solve all ur problems =)

[MadMan007]

Consider this: now that XP is the newest "mainstream" OS a lot of companies will be focusing their software and driver development toward XP first and 2k second.

Just my $.02

[rogerdugans]

Originally posted by MadMan007
Consider this: now that XP is the newest "mainstream" OS a lot of companies will be focusing their software and driver development toward XP first and 2k second.

Just my $.02

A good point!
Although XP is not an upgrade from Win2K, merely a version of the os intended more for basic users (Win2K is keeping the business/IT category), most people think it is, so most software developers will concentrate more on that. Fortunately for IT and Win2K the differences are few, so Win2K will get 99% of the stuff XP does.

From what I can discern of MS's current releases/strategy XP is to reside in the Home and Small Business arena and Win2K is intended for large businesses, heavy-duty networking and server fields, the crossover area being mostly in medium-sized networks.

and That is My $.02.:D