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Best OS?
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Posted by: Zeyix
Which would be the best OS for a guy like me who like to play very high graphic games and uses big applications? 
Posted by: Ocean
well you would want the most stable and the most effiecient use of system resources. definately not win95, 98, 98se, ME, and i seriously doubt xp home.
even though xp pro is nice after you get over the graphic hog requirement humps, win2k should give you better stability and speed as it is farther along in the developement. plus imo, win2k has a slimmer interface allowing more functional space on screen for those complex applications like photoshop and 3ds max and level editors. though you can turn off most of the gui fatness of xp.
Posted by: SKYHN
One thats stable and performs well. So none. 
Im about to get my hands on Lindows, I heard it was pretty good for gaming.
Posted by: Ocean
you getin the ms lawsuite rebate thing in cali?
Posted by: nocode
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Originally posted by Zeyix
Which would be the best OS for a guy like me who like to play very high graphic games and uses big applications?
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If your hardware is up to date, XP Pro would be your best choice IMO.
Posted by: Outlaw
I'd go for XP too, with 2k as a close second.
Posted by: redwench
ill agree here. xp, as ugly as it is, is certainly prefered for current and future games. because of its emulation modes, it should work the best for older ones as well.
Posted by: Outlaw
It's as ugly as you want it to be. There's just a few things you can't turn off. Mine looks almost exactly like 2k.
Posted by: redwench
i wasnt refering to appearance.....
Posted by: Outlaw
Oh? Then what did you mean? Can't be the speed, cause there's nothing wrong with that either once you've turned off all the useless graphical stuff and system restore (however useful that may be, I don't like things that slow everything down).
Posted by: Zeyix
I currently use win 2k pro (NTFS) right now. If I were to say, upgrade to windows xp pro, would I have to re-install any of my games/apps?
Posted by: SKYHN
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Originally posted by Ocean
you getin the ms lawsuite rebate thing in cali?
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Of course
Posted by: nocode
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Originally posted by Zeyix
I currently use win 2k pro (NTFS) right now. If I were to say, upgrade to windows xp pro, would I have to re-install any of my games/apps?
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If you bought the upgrade version of xp pro, and everything goes smooth with the upgrade, then no, you most likely would not have to reinstall anything.
Upgrading the OS with the intention of keeping your old programs and files as they are may be exactly what you want to do, but if it were me, I would not spend the money on XP until you are ready to do a complete format of your hard drive, and do a Clean Install of XP.
Posted by: Zeyix
arg, how do I get rid of these annoying pop-ups.  They keep asking me to buy there stupid stop popup software.
Posted by: Atlanaź©
salute peers
well IMHO win2k is nice for office use, but in terms of fast direct-HW access (HAL) which games need, win2k sucks major. Its kernel is extremely slow in gaming terms, worse then Win9x even. I was positively shocked that XP (either home or pro, difference is mainly that most networking features are disabled and you cant 'fine-tune' user-/group-account rights) is faster in gaming terms then win9x, same counts for its memory management and releasing used resources.
admitted, XP is a resource hog, especially in memory-terms. if you want to run modern games in XP, then 512 MB Ram is a must.
As for its AOL-like GUI, you can get rid of that fast, just disable the THEMES services in the system-manager of XP. If you dont know how/where http://www.monroeworld.com/pchelp/xptweaks.php is a fine page. in there it even tells how to get rid of this fricking inbult FAX/PIC PREVIEW of XP and its fricking ZIP-files integration (u ever tried to search for file-names when u've tens-of gigs in ZIP files???)
as for your pop-ups, thats a network-msg-broadcast-feature thats intended to inform you if in your network a server is down or somebody has caught a virus or other critical network messages. Unfortunately spammers foundout its a nice feature to kill you with spam. easiest way to get rid of it, is to DISABLE the MESSENGER (not to confuse with the MSN instant messenger!) service in the system-manager [mouserightclick on MY COMPUTER then MANAGE and then under SERVICES u'll find the stuff] there are other things to streamline XP through stopping/disabling services
!!!!! WARNING !!!!!! WARNING !!!!!! WARNING !!!!!! WARNING !!!!!
careful what services you experiment with. XP is an extremely modular-based operating system and heavily depending on its services, if you stop/disable the wrong ones, you might crash/insta-reboot your system. and NEVER try to disable the RPC service!
Posted by: arturo238
Win XP Pro. I an going to pardon Ocean for saying Win 2K but only this one time.
Posted by: BACONHEDDv6.6.6
Zeyix, -I would also like to know the opinions/advice on this too! I use high end/demanding applications (audio engineering,art+graphics,video editing),most everything except "Office-type" stuff (spreadsheet,database,blah,blah,-it's an entertainment machine I'm after) BUT- I also love playing games a lot (not just "new",but ones that span 10 years or so...).I have used Dos 4.01-->6.22,Win 3.11 Workgroups (L.O.L),Win 95B(L.O.Louder!),98,98 S.E.,Win Me,and just lately-I'm trying XP Pro 2600 (Corp Ed.,actually...don't know what's different in it from JUST Pro).I'm really getting fed up with not finding just ONE Windohs! O.S. that can do this.
I haven't tried NT,2000/2000 Pro,or XP Home (or "Linux-based" at ALL),--but here's my notes on the ones I have tried:
-98/98 SE: Pretty good,but old and not very fast now (especially for high-end apps).Great for games,but new games may not run well,or at all on 'em soon! 98 SE is slightly better than 98 IMO. Eh-probably forget about these OS's at this point,-unless it's a fairly older machine...
-Millenium: Damn near same thing as 98 SE,but with more annoying "helpers" BS in it.MORE bugs/crashes than 98.LOTS of people say it's one of the WORST Win OS's,and I generally agree (most say- if a choice between 98/SE and Me,go with 98!)I'm running Me on this machine,because in some particular hardware cases,a machine will actually run better on Me than 98/SE.Mine is one of 'em.But yes- it is full of bugs,and crashes a lot.I find Me runs ALL of the games I have/play,excepting only maybe the newest/demanding ones.It runs almost all of my apps too,again excepting maybe the newest.I've found Me to be slightly more compatible for programs all-around than 98/SE.However- BOTH 98+ME speed,power,and stability SUCKS SH*T through a straw!!! I think it's time to move on...but to WHAT? That's the tough question!
-XP Pro 2600 Corp.Ed.: Fantastic for speed,stability(excepting a few oddball hardware blue screens),REALLY GOOD for app compatibility+speed! GREAT! Now--the bad news.Want game compatibility? Forget it.It's terrible,-IF you want to also play the older ones too.If you could be satisfied with ONLY newer games,then THIS O.S. is the one! (IF you have enough hardware power to run it EFFECTIVELY,that is...less than 512 DDR Ram? Eh--I wouldn't try it).Unfortunately,it doesn't run about 25% or more of the games I want to play,especially older 95/98/"Dos-box 95/98" ones .ALSO--I've found about 25% of REALLY NEW games won't run on it either (but it could be a video card problem- game runs,but just a blank,black screen.Not much fun when you can't see.).Game compatibility for the new games that come out will probably get better,but it's just "all-around" not too good for game compatibility. Personally,I need another option than this one,-close,but no cigar! I WANT to play the games as well as use apps!
SO-there's my notes on the matter for you to ponder...I think I'm gonna give Windohs! 2000 Pro with all the service packs installed a try.I haven't tried 2000 at all yet.Also-I may research a little more into Linux based ones.There's lots of 'em,and most are free I hear.Some people have been recommending these a lot more lately.Maybe "Lindows",that's been recommended to me a coupla times...
Anyway-it sounds like I'm stuck in a similiar position as you.How about "Windohs! 2000 B.C."? LMFAO X10 !!!!!! 
Posted by: Ocean
eh, the reason i say win2k is because i crash winxp pro too easily, on win2k i went a year without a crash, and ive never had a software crash. (i assume cause its farther along in developement). but winxp pro is a little better for gaming on a high end system (1.8 and 512 at min before you see an improvement)
Posted by: fibbi
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Originally posted by BACONHEDDv6.6.6
-XP Pro 2600 Corp.Ed.
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COUGH COUGH! 
Anyway, I agree on everything about ME being worst, then 98, 98SE, but I disagree about XP. You say there are new games that don't run on it, however I beg to differ. ALL new games are made to be XP compatible, and if you want to play old dos based games, make yourself a 100 MB dos partition and play them there.
Posted by: BACONHEDDv6.6.6
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You say there are new games that don't run on it, however I beg to differ. ALL new games are made to be XP compatible...
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Like I said,it could be my video card/drivers on some or all of those new games causing the problem.But I highly doubt it's ALL of them.All newer games might be ok.Again-if you are only interested in newer games+running apps,then I say XP Pro is a great choice!! But a LOT of older games won't (some NOT that old--like 2-3 years ago!!)
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if you want to play old dos based games, make yourself a 100 MB dos partition and play them there.
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True.Good point.But the games in question aren't strictly DOS-only,so I'd definately prefer not to.I'd like less OS's,not more.They're true Win95/98 games,and some are "hybrid" 95/98 games (run in Dos-box IN Windows 95/98 as well) They were made at the "crossover" era,when people were still switching over to the Windows GUI,and some still using Dos only.Yet they are made to RUN in 95/98,and do.Some of these I can see not working properly,or at all (especially 95/95 Dos-box),-that's inevitable.I don't worry about a few oldies not working,BUT- ones that *should* and don't- there are way too many of them in XP Pro.If this matters to someone,my opinion is still to find/try another O.S. than XP Pro.Myself? It matters.That's why I am stuck with ME on this machine.It's compatible with 99.5% of all games I've tried to run.Ever.If I want to be more constructive,and use apps,create music,etc.,-I switch to my XP Pro machine.It rocks for that!!! But the thorn in my side,and many others' is just this- "Why?!" "Why does Windohs! have to be this way?" "Can't they make *ONE* O.S. release (like XP Pro-style) that works for ALL program types?!" So far-it seems like a "NO". Utter stupidity (or Genius--maybe they wanna make many more OS's for us to buy $$ !!! Wouldn't wanna get it right and wreck the gravy train,would they?) heh heh.
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