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offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-03-04 10:20 [#00580247]
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i'm so mad. the last two weeks i installed every windows on
my pc. and i can't still decide which one is the best...
what is your fav ?

win xp
win 98
win 2000
win me

???


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 10:21 [#00580250]
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xp


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-04 10:23 [#00580254]
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only ever had 98......


 

offline nacmat on 2003-03-04 10:23 [#00580255]
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I have probably the worst:

me


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-03-04 10:24 [#00580258]
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98


 

offline nano from Malmö (Sweden) on 2003-03-04 10:24 [#00580259]
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I can see throu my windows so i cant realy tell you if they
are good..


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-03-04 10:24 [#00580260]
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i have 98
but XP looks ok, unless you arre verry hands on.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 10:24 [#00580261]
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i had 98 now i've got XP, it's way better


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 10:26 [#00580268]
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it's not only the looks, it never crashes, sometimes one
program will fail to work but not whole XP, you can always
use task manager, when i had 98 sometimes whole win98
blocked/crashed

i love it :)

NB it's still crap, but less, haha


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-03-04 10:47 [#00580300]
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xp is slowing me every game down about 10 frames...


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-03-04 11:02 [#00580310]
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ME is shite. 2 years ago if you wanted to 'downgrade' to
98se they were charging an extra 20 pounds.


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2003-03-04 11:05 [#00580314]
Points: 4904 Status: Regular



mac OS X


 

offline Kill Switch from Belgium on 2003-03-04 11:08 [#00580321]
Points: 661 Status: Regular



98 SE . After a bit of tweaking hardly a crash or a bsod. Im
using XP now (Cubase SX doesn't run on 98). Doesn't crash a
lot but I get regulary stack overdumps, whatever that may
be.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2003-03-04 11:10 [#00580323]
Points: 954 Status: Regular



95!!
sadist: masz irca to moze pogadamy jak jestes na sieci??????
a i czy dostales maila?? zamowilem juz bilet na aphexa!!


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-03-04 13:18 [#00580501]
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anyone else ?


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-04 13:23 [#00580506]
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I only have '98,because I heard xp has loads of problems,and
you have to d/l stuff from the microsoft site to correct the
never ending problems.Or so I was told.
If I do upgrade to Xp the guy who I'll buy it from,sticks
ProPaint on my comp for like £20!


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2003-03-04 13:29 [#00580516]
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eugh, don't listen to them! xp is terribly unreliable. if
you're going to want to play games then don't heed my
advice, otherwise, stick to 2000 professional. very stable,
does the job, what more can you ask for?


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-03-04 13:46 [#00580535]
Points: 4653 Status: Regular



win xp pro .


 

offline loeser from Beaverville (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 13:55 [#00580543]
Points: 455 Status: Lurker



My PC runs on Win 2000 for a while now and I do not have any
problems concerning stability or anything for a year now.
Though I must admit I haven't tried XP yet.
Partially because I'm glad the way win 2000 is running right
now


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-04 14:46 [#00580590]
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I don't have problems with WinMe.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-03-04 15:32 [#00580645]
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Best windows: KDE on Linux! :-)

Linux is great. I hope in the next few years more multimedia
apps get ported to it (this will be easier because a lot of
companies are rewriting code for OSX which is also
Unix-based).

Basically the only things missing in Linux land are:

- multimedia apps
- driver support from hardware manufacturers

Right mow I'm using 98se for Windows apps and media. It's
fairly stable unless I run slsk. :-/

I'm getting a new pc this month, prolly gonna get win2k on
it (XP is unbearable)


 

offline slint on 2003-03-04 15:37 [#00580646]
Points: 777 Status: Regular



xp is the best.


 

offline corticalstim from Canada on 2003-03-04 15:40 [#00580650]
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2000 professional - all my friends are trying to get me to
switch to xp - but i think it looks and werks like shyte


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-03-04 15:47 [#00580657]
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In my experience it's slower and more frustrating than NT4
or W2K.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-03-04 15:47 [#00580658]
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95, 98, 98se, ME ---->crash a lot
NT, 2000, XP ---->stable

...so I think the best one would be either 2000 or XP. Since
XP probably has a heavier load on the system...2000 wins


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 15:58 [#00580666]
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Could be, but XP looks way better :P

see for yourself at post [#00578839]

i'm sure you'll be droolin' 'cause of my beau-ti-ful desktop
:D

:)
:P


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-03-04 16:10 [#00580670]
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I'm a Win2k Pro man myself..


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-03-04 16:13 [#00580673]
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xlr beat me to it


 

offline dmc from Australia on 2003-03-04 16:15 [#00580676]
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I run 98 SE


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 16:34 [#00580717]
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what does XP stand for? i mean, i've got it but i don't know
wtf it means

does anyone know?


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-03-04 16:48 [#00580741]
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Caustic Window?
Followed by Polygon Window..

but Windowlicker is aces though..cleans all the Windows..95,
98, XP, 2000..all of them..


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 16:53 [#00580753]
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that's funny :)
you're funny :)


 

offline nacmat on 2003-03-04 16:58 [#00580754]
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lol



 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2003-03-04 17:11 [#00580768]
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I am running 98se right now...But I work with Professional
2000...I think ITS the most stable...but yeah AFTER a little
tweeking


 

offline Loogie from Oxford (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-04 17:14 [#00580771]
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2000 or XP
2000 is possibly slightly stable
XP has slightly more polished ui

btw i'm been MCSE for 5 years


 

offline aron from saskatoon (Canada) on 2003-03-04 19:11 [#00580869]
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xp pro


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-03-04 19:19 [#00580873]
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Warning!! If your going to get XP make sure you have ALOT of
ram. Thank you.

;)


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-03-04 19:24 [#00580877]
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Stained glass.


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offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 19:44 [#00580883]
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what a funny guy.. ;)


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 19:47 [#00580884]
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anyway..

french windows for me..


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offline static from tempe (United States) on 2003-03-04 19:49 [#00580886]
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XP emulated on mac OS9


 

offline static from tempe (United States) on 2003-03-04 19:49 [#00580887]
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and portholes and//


 

offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2003-03-04 19:53 [#00580890]
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i've had 95 98 and 2000, and XP

2000 is the best for me, but that could easily be because
i've barely used the one with XP and the other 2 computers
were/are SHIT, thankyouverymuch


 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2003-03-04 20:39 [#00580921]
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I've used (some version before 3.11), 3.11, 95, 98, ME,
2000, and XP Home and Professional.

I've decided on XP Professional. The home edition of XP has
insane restrictions. The bubbly skin can be turned off, if
you don't like it. You can get rid of all the automated
processes if you use it for long enough to get them all out.
I haven't found any game that wouldn't work on it yet (I
especially enjoy the nice program configuration for Win95,
98 programs under XP). The only thing is that it takes a
bit more memory to get the same preformance you could get
with the others. It's also very stable - I think I've only
caused the whole OS to crash about 3 times in 6 months.

As for Linux window-managers, I use both Gnome and KDE, but
prefer KDE.


 

offline Job a boj from Land of the Lost Timezone! (Canada) on 2003-03-04 20:40 [#00580922]
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Best Windows? Thats like saying coldest fire.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-04 20:42 [#00580923]
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so you're proposing ALL Windows products are the exact same
in shittiness etc..?


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2003-03-05 04:03 [#00581179]
Points: 3000 Status: Regular



2000 pro for sure, XP is more like the user-friendly version
that i find very annoying and i don't really think it looks
good (besides i don't care if my OS don't looks good i'll
make it look good myself)


 

offline sadist from the dark side of the moon on 2003-03-05 07:58 [#00581437]
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are there any performance differences between 2000 and xp ?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-03-05 08:02 [#00581444]
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nah, XP looks like crap.

I reduced it all back to "classic windows themes".

first thing to disable - all those FUCKING sounds and
jingles!! highly irritating.

and those fade-out effects..

still, it hardly ever crashes, which should be normal, but
everybody goes YAY! because they're used to Windows regular
crappiness.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-03-05 08:16 [#00581464]
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XP PRo with the "new look" turned off...


 


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