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danny_galaga:

probably been asked somewhere but couldn't quite discern it in search. which types of mame work in winNT, if any? and does that include mame32? looking for a cheap laptop for an upcoming project and the occasional one has NT on it.
thanks,
danny.

oh, and i always thought that microsoft were so cool making a version just for my home state in australia, the Northern Territory- abbr NT (",)

Fozzy The Bear:
Ermmm so you don't actually have a PC with NT on it right now and you think Mame might be a problem running on NT.....

The simple answer here is don't buy a PC with NT on it! Or install a useable OS after you buy it.  NT just isn't a gamers OS.... There's a lot wrong with it for our purposes.  I wouldn't even recommend anybody to try and use Win2000 let alone NT.

IMHO the best version of windows for Mame is Win98SE especially on an older laptop with limited memory and processor speed.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

TMS:
I have been using W2k Pro for a quite a while with both Mame32 and Analog. Never had a problem. The 2k kernal is extremely soild compared to 98. The only problem I would see with running NT would be the lack of USB support

missioncontrol:
I've been using W2k since it came out and have had no problems with it...

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: missioncontrol on February 02, 2006, 08:28:41 am ---I've been using W2k since it came out and have had no problems with it...

--- End quote ---

Fair comments chaps!  But he's looking at a cheap used laptop.... Win 98SE has much lower resource requirements than Win2000 and in his particular application will be much more likely to work well for him.

In any event, he's asking about the earlier Win NT which IMHO is best avoided altogether for this application.

Best Regards
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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