XP-What do you think of it now?
Now that its been out for over a month, and the newness has worn off. . . .
Now that its been out for over a month, and the "newness" has worn off...
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It had a LOT more to do with ATI's drivers. We had a ton of Rage Pro cards here on our engineer's boxes, but when we went from 2D to 3D (parasolid-based) applications, it was hell. They would crash all the time doing just about anything. I swapped them out with GeForce MX cards until we can get them new systems next year, and they have been fine ever since.
I believe that XP will saw it's full potential after a couple of SP are releashed, thus fixing all the incompatibility problems that it has.I was using win2k for a couple of years, and it was hard to convince myself to upgrade to XP.In general win2k is faster than XP (and i don't mean faster in terms of booting or anthing like this, i mean it in terms of multitasking and heavy load use).
I am quite happy with XP since it's much lighter than 2k but it still needs work to be done.But i think that after 10 years MS is getting somewhere.
I am quite happy with XP since it's much lighter than 2k but it still needs work to be done.But i think that after 10 years MS is getting somewhere.
I switched because of two things: looks and explorer refresh. When I delete a file in win2k, it takes half a sec for it to go away and when I empty the trash in win2k it takes one sec for the desktop to be available again. in XP both is instant!
But I have three problems so far though:
1. Exiting openGL games causes the PC to hard lock (no bsod)
2. Starship troopers dont work
3. Explorer forgets windows sizes/settings (really annying )
But I have three problems so far though:
1. Exiting openGL games causes the PC to hard lock (no bsod)
2. Starship troopers dont work
3. Explorer forgets windows sizes/settings (really annying )
Ok well ive gone and bought it now. I was just looking for ways to spend some moola. Has anyone had any luck getting transport tycoon deluxe dos/windows95 working? I would really love to be able to play this game again.
You can download the win95 version from http://www.underdogs.cjb.net if anyone fancies giving it a try.
Guess im a dummy afterall ;(
"rock"
You can download the win95 version from http://www.underdogs.cjb.net if anyone fancies giving it a try.
Guess im a dummy afterall ;(
"rock"
Well i installed it last night, no probs so far. Even RAID works which it never did with the RCs My eyes are still adjusting to the whole blue-ness of it but i think its gonna be staying on my pc for some time to come.
and its 'rock'.
btw i checked underdogs and now they just have a link to buy ttdlx, it was download b4
and its 'rock'.
btw i checked underdogs and now they just have a link to buy ttdlx, it was download b4
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To much trouble with compatibility issues. Stick to Windows 2000 or ME.
Actually, 2000 and ME gave me more compatibility issues than XP. Compared with them these last 10 months with XP have been a dream run. It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever install 2000 or 9x on this box again.
To much trouble with compatibility issues. Stick to Windows 2000 or ME.
Actually, 2000 and ME gave me more compatibility issues than XP. Compared with them these last 10 months with XP have been a dream run. It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever install 2000 or 9x on this box again.
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P.S.=> I have same tiny hassle GamblerFEX sees though, not a HUGE thing & one I bet SP #1 fixes... and I also do not like how MMC (Microsoft Management Console) never remembers placements & settings... not a professionally done thing I feel, not finalized & polished (yet) if it does not do that! apk
Don't count on it...
The MMC has had that problem since Win2k and M$ never saw fit to fix in either of the two Service Packs for that so it's unlikely it'll get fixed in XP...
P.S.=> I have same tiny hassle GamblerFEX sees though, not a HUGE thing & one I bet SP #1 fixes... and I also do not like how MMC (Microsoft Management Console) never remembers placements & settings... not a professionally done thing I feel, not finalized & polished (yet) if it does not do that! apk
Don't count on it...
The MMC has had that problem since Win2k and M$ never saw fit to fix in either of the two Service Packs for that so it's unlikely it'll get fixed in XP...
