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| Dcpmark:
--- Quote from: wp34 on February 13, 2013, 12:49:50 pm ---If you think you are going to use GroovyMame you will want to stick with XP. --- End quote --- This is the kind of specific info I was looking for....thanks. Although in perusing the Groovy Mame thread, I do note that Calamity wrote that the latest version should work in Windows 7 "in theory." That sounds more promising than for some older stuff that definitely won't work and don't have great active developers like Calamity constantly updating it. |
| wp34:
I'll have to look into that issue again. When I was researching GM I got the impression that Windows 7 was optimized for LCD's and could not take full advantage of GM. I'm pushing GM on an arcade monitor so I stuck with Windows XP. --- Quote from: Dcpmark on February 13, 2013, 02:08:01 pm --- --- Quote from: wp34 on February 13, 2013, 12:49:50 pm ---If you think you are going to use GroovyMame you will want to stick with XP. --- End quote --- This is the kind of specific info I was looking for....thanks. Although in perusing the Groovy Mame thread, I do note that Calamity wrote that the latest version should work in Windows 7 "in theory." That sounds more promising than for some older stuff that definitely won't work and don't have great active developers like Calamity constantly updating it. --- End quote --- |
| sharpfork:
I had a hell of a time getting my legit XP Pro SP1 to instal on a newer MOBO with an SSD. Do the folks who are recommending XP have a specific version that seems to work better with modern hardware? If I have OS issues again, I think I'm going to nuke the whole thing and give Linux another shot. |
| Sparkolicious:
I moved on to windows 7 just because.. Everything works fine with ZiNc being the exception.. PSXMame fixed that issue. |
| wp34:
I'm using older hardware so I can't be any help. I have considered moving to newer hardware at some point and am concerned about XP compatibility. I would have moved to Windows 7 64-bit were it not for GroovyMame. --- Quote from: sharpfork on February 13, 2013, 04:00:29 pm ---I had a hell of a time getting my legit XP Pro SP1 to instal on a newer MOBO with an SSD. Do the folks who are recommending XP have a specific version that seems to work better with modern hardware? If I have OS issues again, I think I'm going to nuke the whole thing and give Linux another shot. --- End quote --- |
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