[RESOLVED] XP or ME???

[Dj_Xtasy]

Ok i am about to buy an MDG pentium 4 and they are offering windows XP or Windows ME as an operating system for free with the software bundle that we get..

i want to know which is better and less of a pain in the A$$ (meaning crashes and all the annoying things in windows) so i can make a decision about the OS that is gonna be put on the computer..

the computer is primarely going to be used for typing out projects, icq, playing some internet games, downloading music, editing music, videos and surfing the internet.. common household use..

which is a better choice for me? XP or ME???


please help me out with my dilema

[Kitrik]

HA! Thats not even fair! XP ALL THE WAY!!! If you get ME, you will be stuck with headache afer headache of bluescreens. Trust me, I've been running XP now for almost a week without restarting, and I'm a powerhouse user so it is very stable! And it is compatible with everything! (well, not officially yet because its not out for another 2 weeks...) Trust me, Get XP!!! ME sux

Kitrik

[Cobra]

No comparison. XP any day, under any circumstances. Besides, it seems to have optimizations for the P4, which will take advantage of it's power much better than ME will.

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[confus-ed]

Which operating system will MS be supporting in two years time not ME anyway.

[Darren Wilson]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by confus-ed:
Which operating system will MS be supporting in two years time not ME anyway.</font>

If it is OEM they won't be supporting it anyway

XP all the way.

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[Ferris]

forget ME and get XP. ME is nothing but one big headache. go for XP, you won't regret it.

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i asked for a car, i got a computer. hows that for being born under a bad sign.

[Mustang]

Just have to add that I agree with Darren and Cobra.

As it will be an oem installation MS will not be supporting it the oem will, and that XP is a much better operating system than Me ever was.

[QSECOFR]

I wouldn't touch ME if they paid me to have it preloaded.

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[Jpbtennisman]

A lot of games that work on 98/ME, especially older ones, do NOT work on XP (my friend can't get any DOS games to run) so I'd do a dual boot..

but i agree with QSECOFR, avoid ME if possible.

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[Darren Wilson]

<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Jpbtennisman:
A lot of games that work on 98/ME, especially older ones, do NOT work on XP (my friend can't get any DOS games to run) so I'd do a dual boot..

but i agree with QSECOFR, avoid ME if possible.

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I haven't found one game that won't work under XP even older DOS ones (except you get no sound which isn't too bigger issue on DOS games anyway ) if run in Compatiability mode, even on NTFS.

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[Dj_Xtasy]

Thanx alot guys
i was considering Win XP as well but i was wondering bout the bugs in it.. will they have updates for them as they discover them and patch them?

I also want to run this kind of a old game.. The original quake..
will that work under XP? cus im really interested in the Teamfortress MOD for the game havent played it in years due to my current computer messing up for some reason..

but thanx again guys

[Garak]

it should work fine if you download the Windows port for quake.

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