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Title: best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: Sephroth57 on December 11, 2003, 08:57:33 am

I have a pretty wide selection of windows versions so i was wondering which one i should install on my computer which will be used just for MAME/emulators in my cabinet. I think i have 98SE, ME, and XP to choose from

Title: Re:best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: )p( on December 11, 2003, 09:11:32 am

Quote from: Sephroth57 on December 11, 2003, 08:57:33 am

I have a pretty wide selection of windows versions so i was wondering which one i should install on my computer which will be used just for MAME/emulators in my cabinet. I think i have 98SE, ME, and XP to choose from

My suggestion is to use xp because of the stabilty and efficient memory handling.

Stay a way of win me...better destroy that disc now!

peter

Title: Re:best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on December 11, 2003, 11:47:08 am

Quote from: )p( on December 11, 2003, 09:11:32 am

My suggestion is to use xp because of the stabilty and efficient memory handling.

Stay a way of win me...better destroy that disc now!

peter

I agree with )p(.  I currently run 98SE, but if I had access to it, I would use XP.

My only concern is whether your (non-mame) emulators are all compatible with XP, but I would guess most of them are.

Title: Re:best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: Minwah on December 11, 2003, 12:01:44 pm

One more vote for XP :)

Title: Re:best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: SirPoonga on December 11, 2003, 12:46:21 pm

depends on how old of a computer.  If you are runnign a PII then go 98, otherwise XP.

Title: Re:best windows OS for MAME use?
Post by: Sephroth57 on December 11, 2003, 02:13:35 pm

thx for replies, XP is it then. Ill be running a 2800 athlon XP