NiTeFlY Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Hi, I am wanting to start playing some of the latest games (+on line) and was wanting to know what the best OS is for it. I have XP Pro as my primary OS but have set aside 70 gig for a new OS Partition. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Linux ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark03 Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 XP Pro. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 with XP Pro, you're set, as far as i'm concerned i would install the games to the seperately made partiotion, but thats just a personal preference, dont know if theres any real benefit aside from organisation and easier disk imaging of your everything-but-games data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfador Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Yeah, XP. You gotta be kidding about linux. That's the one reason I can't use it full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher1078 Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 XP Pro or Home. There really isn't a debate about this issue, it's just common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted May 11, 2004 MVC Share Posted May 11, 2004 Any difference between XP Pro and Home for games anyone recon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veiva Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 No, but I think XP Pro is "supposed" to be the best, but I would think they would be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted May 11, 2004 MVC Share Posted May 11, 2004 Linux ;) Yeah when he says latest games he doesnt mean the latest version of Kolf of KBounce lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher1078 Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Any difference between XP Pro and Home for games anyone recon ? They don't differ at all games-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I'd go for Win XP. Although some really old games can have some compatibilty issues (like one of the first releases of SimCity 3000 and Red Alert (1)). But for the latest games (and that's what you asked for.... ;)); definitely Windows XP!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Windows XP Pro, its the newest OS so therefore games are designed to work on it. If you're wanting to play old DOS games you might want to stick 98 on the other partition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRiver Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Windows XP is definitely the way to go. Eventually, you can still play game in Linux, but it will take a long time to configure it. Not worth the troubles when you can jump in to play within minutes in Xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chouzan Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Windows XP for the backwards compatibility engine and unparalleled support from game developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushnak Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Windows XP, no doubt about it..home or pro there is no significant difference...only in the price ;-) /me Waits for someone to say another stupid answer like mac-osx. Linux, for gaming? and online? mate you might think your cool saynig 'linux' but it's the stupidest answer so far in this thread :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretforce Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 DOS. I would recommend Microsoft Windows XP 100% no other os system comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 i think it's pretty clear that the correct answer is OS/2 Warp (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1AnG29 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 xp is the best on pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 XP pro :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Yeah, XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 ugh. wintendo? this is a pointless thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubNinja Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 C64 ?? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 actually theis a big difference between xp pro and xp home the nextworking support is alot different and the capabilities as well, but as for games doesnt matter between the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 xp pro , i guess , but in the end it all actually depends on your system configuration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 If your computer is 2GHz+ or 2000+ (AMD) with 256+ RAM, go XP, if it is less, go Windows 2000 SP4... 2000 is just xp without the kiddie stuff (great for older machines, takes only 50mb to boot, vs 100ish for xp (and thats a stripped xp too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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