More reason to hate WinXP

[AlphaWolf]

haha you can make a link that tells explorer 6 to delete files on your local hard disk

but anyways, windows 2000 actualy has more compatibility with games believe it or not, XP is a broken down version of 2K, go look at the contents of www.ntcompatible.com and see for yourself :happy:

EDIT: look at that, the very first game listed works on 2K but not XP:

http://www.ntcompatible.com/comp.php?cat=games&idx=0

Even microsofts own "Age of Empires: The conquerors" works on 2K but not XP. The only reason to use XP is if you want more "user friendliness" at the expense of speed.

 

[Eagle]

Uhhhhh, I think there is a flaw in your logic there Alpha Wolf. Windows XP has been released for less than a year and 007 was made before its time too. Most the games made before the release of Win2k were incompatible with it as well, so that statement holds water a bit, but then drowns.

 

[Renegade]

"Apparently, 'Trustworthy Computing' means never having to say you screwed up. "

magnificent!

 

[Stezo2k]

Uhhhhh, I think there is a flaw in your logic there Alpha Wolf. Windows XP has been released for less than a year and 007 was made before its time too. Most the games made before the release of Win2k were incompatible with it as well, so that statement holds water a bit, but then drowns.

Very true m8, and where it comes to games that were made before win2k, winxp works a lot more than 2k also winxp is faster.


Stez

 

[flow``]

sure these are common rumors..

but does anyone have any proof to back these up?

it's a _Fact_ 2k is faster then xp.. there have been numerous benchmarks showing this.

and sterel.. what does "winxp works a lot more then 2k" mean?

 

[mesman00]

`flow, thankyou for finally stating something that is true, and is a fact, and is not just ranting between users defending their os. who cares, you use what you like, don't try to change my mind on my os.

 

[RatTrap]

i've finally gotten fully used to xp, and it's great, but you have to tweak it alot.

anybody who's not using the latest mozilla, is either:

a. lazy
b. stupid
c. ignorant.

take your pick, or go and download it, cause it absolutely TROUNCES ie in every way i can think of. and it's being updated furiously and will soon be even better.

rhy

i just read that.. lmao..

this whole thread is lmao material.. without including flows posts..

anyways.. i'm not even gonna argue with you guys on what's right and wrong.. there's way to much in here.. and.. it's so very pointless.. ppl in here have made up their minds because of rumors they've heard or read.. they haven't even tested things enugh to REALLY know.. and they haven't followed things from the beginning eather.. and yes.. alot of the stuff you read on bigger sites sometimes has been blown out of proportion.. and sometimes it's even somewhat made up.. rumors are trully sad.. you should'nt be so quick to judge.. and you should'nt let the media bias you.. if your gonna stand for something.. read up and make up your own mind.. test browsers.. see what actually works.. and what actually does'nt.. ask someone who works with these things professionally.. then have a valid and real true argument about what your talking about.. no use in saying something you've heard or don't trully know about.. because it's things like these that make the intersting ppl not show up in these boards anymore.. think.. b4 you type..

 

[AlphaWolf]

Uhhhhh, I think there is a flaw in your logic there Alpha Wolf. Windows XP has been released for less than a year and 007 was made before its time too. Most the games made before the release of Win2k were incompatible with it as well, so that statement holds water a bit, but then drowns.

I know from personal experience which one is better, since I use both, but you don't have to take my word for it

I have 1 system with XP, 2 with 2K, and one with linux. The 2K systems run awesomely with anything, the XP one even happens to have the best hardware, and it manages to load everything slower, and run with slightly less FPS in UT.

The linux one is my server, it serves as a storage extention to all of the other computers. It also runs a UT dedicated server that only takes a second to change the map

 

[Stezo2k]

sure these are common rumors..

but does anyone have any proof to back these up?

it's a _Fact_ 2k is faster then xp.. there have been numerous benchmarks showing this.

and sterel.. what does "winxp works a lot more then 2k" mean?

ok fair enough 2k is probably faster than xp, its probly obvious with all the winXP visual enhancements etc hogin up system memory sometimes resources. And what i meant was winXP is more compatable with 9x stuff than 2k

Dont get me wrong tho 2k is a very nice os, specially cuz of the stabability, but i prefer the win xp look and feel

Stez

 

[Eagle]

sure these are common rumors..

but does anyone have any proof to back these up?

it's a _Fact_ 2k is faster then xp.. there have been numerous benchmarks showing this.

and sterel.. what does "winxp works a lot more then 2k" mean?

Yet another flaw in that statement. There have been plenty of benchmarks showing XP faster than 2k, it all depends on the person running the benchmark and what he exactly benchmarks. This is a very broad statement saying 2k is faster than XP, what of 2k is faster than XP? Load times, memory access, hard drive access, accelerated graphics? You guys (and the people that do the benchmarks) twist the truth to make it sound like what you want it to sound like. Yes, Win 2k is faster in memory access but XP has a faster boot time I mean its all very detailed and complicated, you cant just say one OS is faster than the other.

 

[AlphaWolf]

XP does boot faster, but since my computers are rarely turned off or reset, that has no consideration here. I still stand by the fact that 2K is more compatible and faster in everything else though, I used to think XP was until I did some more research into the older games.

 

[Eagle]

XP does boot faster, but since my computers are rarely turned off or reset, that has no consideration here.

So you own and operate every computer in the world and know for a fact that compters are rarely shut down or restarted huh? Thats not the only thing that XP has faster anyway, just one example.

Originally posted by AlphaWolf
I still stand by the fact that 2K is more compatible and faster in everything else though, I used to think XP was until I did some more research into the older games.

Again I say, Win2K was incompatible with most the software for two to three years after it was released, this is a normal thing. In a few years, everything will be compatible with XP. Nothing is compatible with Linux either but if nobody tried it then it wouldnt be around anymore would it?

 

[Eagle]

So you own and operate every computer in the world and know for a fact that compters are rarely shut down or restarted huh? Thats not the only thing that XP has faster anyway, just one example.

Just to clarify that, I shut mine down every night (otherwise I'd never get any sleep) and I hate waiting for it to boot in the morning. Not to mention, I'm always installing stuff and restarting for one reason or another.

EDIT: This thread is almost as bad as a political debate

 

[adi]

theres nothing wroooooooooong with internet explorer 6sp1 (in terms of online shopping its the only browser i use as opera sometimes messes up java applets which shops use). however if you're a heavy net user who gets impatient quickly, the other browsers are far quicker and convenient and operas mouse gesture gimmick is a work of genius.

 

[blizz]

it's not opera's fault the java script is fucked, it's Sun's if you're going to have a language like Java there ought to be one single standard run time environment for it

 

[AlphaWolf]

it's not opera's fault the java script is fucked, it's Sun's if you're going to have a language like Java there ought to be one single standard run time environment for it

Actualy there used to be until microsoft attempted to change the standard. Sun successfuly sued microsoft as they were able to prove that microsofts java VM was designed specificaly to ruin suns implimentation, hence why microsoft is no longer allowed to distribute it with windows. Before that, suns used to work perfect.

 

[blizz]

yeah I remember that lawsuit