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Which OS? Windows 98 or Windows XP?
sofakng:
I'm almost ready to start worrying about software for my arcade! (yay!)
Which operating system should I use, Windows XP or Windows 98?
The computer will be an Athlon 1.0 GHz T-bird with 256mb ram and a Radeon 7000 AGP video card.
I'm guessing that Windows XP will be the better choice but it takes significantly longer to boot up so I'm not sure which one to pick. Ideally I'd like XP if I can make it boot lightning quick (like Windows 98) -- otherwise I might choose 98 over XP.
Please help me choose...
Bgnome:
strange.. its been my experience that xp boots up faster than 98.. maybe its a setup issue?
cdbrown:
I originally had my pc dual boot 98SE and XP Pro, eventually worked out XP Pro much better option. It takes no time to boot - maybe about 2 sec after it has done it's bios checks to get to the login screen. Took alot longer to boot 98SE. Make sure you tweak the services that are being loaded as you may find alot of unnecessary services are running which are taking time to load and also taking away precious CPU cycles.
Howard_Casto:
also Xp:
1. doesn't suck
2. isn't a 6 year old operating system
3. runs all possible emus (some are xp specific now like chankast)
4. runs all possible hardware (the dual lightgun issue isn't an issue anymore)
This question shouldn't even be valid anymore. If it was the year 2000 then yeah it would be, but now the only reason to run 98 is if you machine is too slow to run xp properly, just like the only reason to run dos at this point is if your system is ancient.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2004, 12:36:57 am ---4. runs all possible hardware (the dual lightgun issue isn't an issue anymore)
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It was a dual trackball issue, but the overall point is valid, not an issue anymore.