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Wojtek
February 25th, 2003, 19:32
I need to upgrade from 98.

Wich one should I upgrade to?
Win2k or WinXp?

lappy:
p3 650
256 sdram
12gb hd
Daniel
February 25th, 2003, 19:39
Win2k if you really need to.
Bruce
February 25th, 2003, 20:12
Win2k.

WinXP will not be happy on there with so little RAM. You would not believe how slow it is on this machine with 256MB PC100.

Damn I need my machine and Win2k back...
Ben
February 25th, 2003, 20:32
Originally posted by Bruce
Win2k.

WinXP will not be happy on there with so little RAM. You would not believe how slow it is on this machine with 256MB PC100.

Damn I need my machine and Win2k back...
I run XP just fine with 256mb of PC133 ram. But I don't use the PlaySkool theme either.

Anyways, I recommend Win2k, but get the service packs and everything.
Wojtek
February 25th, 2003, 21:43
Well,

My lappy did ship with WinXP on it and it ran fine.

But I can't decide if I start to hunt down the person who borowed my winxp cd or if I use my win2k cd instead.

Comparing functionability and etc, who wins?
notnamed
February 25th, 2003, 22:23
Depends on what you need. I prefer Win2k, but have XP installed also for all the old programs I download (for the compatability mode). I also found out that Win3.1/95 programs do NOT run on 2k, because I just upgraded a 98 machine to it and now half of the software we have doesn't work :mad;
Wojtek
February 25th, 2003, 22:42
I'm upgrading since I want to use some 3D apps like maya and softimage, but they require an NT-based OS.

I remember maya running fine under 2k, so I guess I'll go with 2k :)

Thanks for the help