bluekatt Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 lets not beat around the bush here we are all pc gamers here otherwise we wouldnt be here ( even though i prefer consoles) and when you play pc games that means windows so which version of windows do you prefer ?i tend to prefer 3 versions of windows first of all windows ME yes the male without a father child of the 9x family i liek it because it can be throw at pretty much every older piece of hardware and can stick it wil dig upa specified or at least generi driver out of its driver database which will allow the pc to work with out having to hunt hours for a suitable driver and get the damn thing to work it wil also work just fine on any computer with a pentium 1 133 mhz and more then 32 mb ram its stil modern enough as well if a machine of mine cant run NT and its not a macintosh ME is the windows i turn too windows 2000 it wants very little compared to modern requirements 128 mb is enough to run 2k in and 233 mhz is also enough not comfortable but enough its stable and stil modenr enough to run along with everything else with out to much overhead or an ugly candycane interface i tend to turn off anyway unless i need 9x compatibility or applicatiosn specifically need xp this is my main windows windows xp the one i like the least 7 years old by now and vista is having a hard time replacing this onewhen everything else faisl when i dont need 9x when 2000 isnt coperating or cant cope i turn to xp sp 2 on the whole i'd rather not since 2000 does everything i want from it despite being nearly a decade old by now but there you have it so whats your preffered poison from redmond ? i have a feeling neither 3.1 nor 95 wil get much votes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo man Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I much prefer XP. I'm using Pro Edition w/ SP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoogieMonster Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Let's compare them to something else (because I'm bored): XP: That girl that was so hot back when we first met. Yes we had our problems, but we worked it out and we get along so great now. I've invested time in this relationship, learned how to keep her happy, even got her to alter her appearance just enough to keep that spark going. She's not the sexiest girl in the crowd, but she's mine and I can depend on her. Vista: The sexy brunette that moved in next door. By far the hottest thing on the block. But she wants all my money just to make my place good enough for her. On top of that, she's quite flaky, all her old boyfriends say they're glad they got rid of her. She always wants expensive things that she never uses more than once and then there's the chance I'll come home one day to the horror that she's gotten rid of half my stuff. Vista is hot, but she's not good enough to leave XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanbean234 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Woogie, that's one of the better allegorical descriptions I've heard. I run a dual-boot machine of XP Professional and Vista Business, and have a legacy copy of Windows 3.11 installed on a Virtual Machine under Vista (for nostalgia's sake, just to show some people what computing used to be like). XP is reliable and stable, but doesn't take advantage of my laptop's hardware the same way Vista does.Vista is near-useless, though, for the games I have installed on my laptop. So... I use Vista for work, media apps, image manipulation, and general websurfing.I use XP for recreation.Both have their pluses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezdimona Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 strictly XP for this girl, runs my business and my games, and rarely do I have problems with it. I've used xp since I was little...wait, I'm still little...you know what I mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Wolfe Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I like windows made of glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekatt Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 HUD windows then havent seen that one in the stores yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marxist ßastard Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I... have a legacy copy of Windows 3.11 installed on a Virtual Machine under VistaWhat virtualization program do you have it running under? Is all the hardware accessible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanbean234 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 I... have a legacy copy of Windows 3.11 installed on a Virtual Machine under VistaWhat virtualization program do you have it running under? Is all the hardware accessible? Microsoft Virtual PC - free download http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...pc/default.mspx It won't access the onboard camera, the memory stick, the non-keyboard display control buttons, or the usb ports, but those things were all developed long after Microsoft stopped supporting Win3.11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekatt Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 i didnt think ms vpc would support windows 3.1i know vpc ran windows 3.1 when it stil belonged to connectix il have to try it sometimes just for a laugh got ms dos 6.22 and win 3.1 somewhere around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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