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We all have seen the OS's over the years and tell me which is your fav and why

Win 98
4 (17.4%)
Win ME
0 (0%)
Win 2000
6 (26.1%)
Win XP
13 (56.5%)

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    Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
    « on: March 20, 2008, 03:30:24 PM »
    What is ur fav Win OS? and Why? personally i hve 2 XP, and Win 2000.
    If you dont know DOS, you dont know Windows...

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    Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
    « Reply #1 on: March 20, 2008, 03:50:13 PM »
    Played some of my favorite games on Win98.  It wasn't completely removed from DOS, so one could actually use DOS (without having to be a guru) to resolve some issues.

    Actually, had MS-DOS been on here, I might've voted for it.


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      « Reply #2 on: March 20, 2008, 04:54:18 PM »
      would u also agree that Win 98 is bttr than Windows ME. cuse Windows ME always had probs on my comp.
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      Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
      « Reply #3 on: March 20, 2008, 07:33:24 PM »
      Windows ME must be the worst OS ever.

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        « Reply #4 on: March 20, 2008, 07:36:12 PM »
        yes it was crap. :P
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          « Reply #5 on: March 20, 2008, 07:36:43 PM »
          thats why im upgrading to XP
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          Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
          « Reply #6 on: March 20, 2008, 07:39:27 PM »
          Windows ME was so bad, I didn't even keep it on my computer!   ::)  I paid real money for it, and uninstalled it about two weeks later...

          Talk about laughing all the way to the proverbial bank -- you're welcome, Mr. Gates.


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            Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
            « Reply #7 on: March 20, 2008, 07:44:42 PM »
            actually it wuz my dads money, not 2 be rude to my dad but he doesnt know alot about comps. thats why i advise him on a new computer that DOESNT HAVE WIN ME
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            Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
            « Reply #8 on: March 21, 2008, 02:26:07 AM »
            You can't beat win98 SE. It was and still is the most stable OS (aside from MS-DOS, of course)

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              Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
              « Reply #9 on: March 21, 2008, 04:08:08 AM »
              You can't beat win98 SE. It was and still is the most stable OS (aside from MS-DOS, of course)
              No it wasn't. 98 had terrible memory management that would slowly eat up all available RAM and its reliance on the FAT32 file system made it a lot more likely files would be corrupted in a crash. Granted, it was better than 95 and ME but the NT family of Windows have always been the most stable ones.
              2000 was and is rock solid and after SP2 XP is in IMO just as stable and probably more secure out of the box.
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                Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
                « Reply #10 on: March 21, 2008, 07:01:37 AM »
                i would have to say Win 2000 and XP have the best networking features out of all of the os's. especialy Win 2k, it has file/printer sharing, TCP/IP, and more same goes for XP.
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                  Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
                  « Reply #11 on: March 21, 2008, 03:59:11 PM »
                  anybody else have comments on their favorite Win OS?
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                  Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
                  « Reply #12 on: March 22, 2008, 10:39:38 PM »
                  Windows XP because its pretty much the only OS i've used in that list....

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                  Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
                  « Reply #13 on: March 23, 2008, 12:55:35 PM »
                  Windows 98, when audio was still hardware controlled before they introduced software control in ME and later versions of Windows.

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                    Re: Your favorite Windows OS: 98 - XP(Vista not included)
                    « Reply #14 on: March 23, 2008, 01:06:59 PM »
                    Initially, I wasn't going to waste my time on this survey. But ... after reading some of the replies, I had to throw my two cents in.

                    You can't beat win98 SE. It was and still is the most stable OS (aside from MS-DOS, of course)

                    Like Bones92 (and several others), I used to feel that 98SE was the best op sys. I loaded it on dozens of my friend's and coworkers computers, when their Win95 systems crashed, or were simply running bad. It was definitely the best for it's day!

                    I stuck with 98SE way past the release of ME and past XP. I loaded it on a new system I built well into the XP era. (AMD 1600, if I remember correctly). It was a lemon.(or so I thought) Every couple of months, the system would start acting badly, and I would reload the OP sys. Win 98 of course. Finally after about 18 months of problems, I went out and bought a complete factory loaded P4 2.6GHz System with XP Home edition on it. Ran great.

                    Some time later, a close friend (on a limited income) needed a computer bad. I told him that my old system was a lemon. Didn't care, it was better than nothing, if he could borrow it. I said OK, but loaded XP professional on this lemon before delivering it. To make a long story even longer, He used the system for a couple of years with no problems.

                    My conclusion, and the moral of the story is this. Always use the OP system that was prevalent when the hardware was built. The hardware designers test and optimise their boards for the current OP systems. My vote was for XP, but conditionally considering the following.

                    If you still have an old 286 system, load DOS 6.22. If you are trying to set up that P133 system in the closet, use 98SE. With a newer system, run XP. (or Vista maybe)

                    Anyone agree with that?  ???