Should I go from Win98SE to Win2k or WinXP [ms office 97] [amd xp]
Q: I am planning for a new AMD system XP/KT266A expand during the Christmas holiday and need to know if I move to Win98SE, and yes, if I should go to Win2K or WinXP and why.
I of plan to upgrade several computers so the XP registry issue of some concern to me.
I have searched and read quite a bit, but we have no discussions on the comparison of Win2K with WinXP.
I use the following apps, to name a few:
MS 97
Corel Office Front Office 2000
MS Page
Cad
3D Modeling
Visual Studio 6 (C + + and Visual Basic)
Java
Quick Books Pro Tree 2000
Peach Accounting
Janes ATF (DOS mode)
I also do some casual gaming and surfing the net quite bit.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Re:Thanks again for the comments.
I am going to go with 2K.
Re:My .02,
It doesnt really matter. XP is built on the 2000 Kernel anyway, so the guts are the same.
Seems that XP boots faster, and runs a little faster in gaming.
BUT
2k is 2 service packs in and that is about the time that Microsoft seems to get it right.
2k is also very well supported from a driver point of view.
XP seems to have some problems with Roxio cd-burner software, and if you own a SBlasterLive! you may have to buy, or steal, the new drivers.
XP also requires you to give out your info to Microsoft in order to use it fully. You must have a Passport account in order to do the .net type updating. Check out The Register for a biased opionion of why Passport is a nasty thing to belong to. Short version, your information becomes Microsoft's as well as all info that passes across the Passport servers. Yikes!
I have also heard that XP automatically updates hardware device for you. This can get ya in real trouble in some cases.
BUT
If you do digital photography, have a web site to post pics, then XP has some cool built-in Apps to make this very easy.
Also the desktop sharing stuff is very cool, goodbye Citrix.
And, I have been told that you can log in multiple users to XP (Linux, unix style).
I went to the XP launch here in Denver, and I was impressed with it, but I dont like their licensing or information handling for the product.
Whew,
That's my opinion,
guy
Re:XP!! i got a copy today and i love it!, takes some getting used to….i havent quite found my way around yet
Re:I`m going to install XP on my 2nd PC so would recommend XP ,my friends that are using XP are having NO problems ,clean install is always best way.
Re:<<
Could you elaborate a bit, such as:
Does Wind2K create a new partition for itself?
Where do you install your programs?
When does the Duel Boot menu show up?
etc………..etc……….. >>
I created 2 partitions. The first one was set to primary/active, formatted as fat32, and installed windows98. From inside windows98, I ran the windows2000 setup, and pointed it to the other partition. I chose a clean install. I think there is a screen during setup that allows you to dual boot (maybe some "advanced" button).
Re:2K doesn't create a new partition, but gives you a menu at bootup asking which OS you want to run. Your needs seem very similar to mine (more apps than games) and quickly you will find you don't go back to 98Se for anything anymore. Especially memory hogs like Corel seem much better at coexisting under the 2K scheme than 98.
I didn't think 2K was any harder to set up aside from di*king around a bit setting up a user account. The stability just wipes out all considerations of 98. After a couple of weeks I formatted and got rid of all the little bits of 98 for once and all.
Re:Just to add that I have had plenty of problems with my XP…but that does not seem to be the rule.
I just last night loaded Win 98SE on 2nd hard drive to use until I get XP straightened out.
Re:RONtype1
"it's very easy, install win98se first then install win2k after that keeping win98se. in the systems control panel under the "startup and recovery tab" there's a "Default Operating System" menu. Here you can configure if you want a 'boot' menu to show up or not.'
Thanks for the responcs and information.
This sounds compelling and simple, and I am very interested to know more.
Could you elaborate a bit, such as:
Does Wind2K create a new partition for itself?
Where do you install your programs?
When does the Duel Boot menu show up?
etc………..etc………..
Thanks again
Re:If you play any games the Win 2k is not the solution! I have had only one minor problem so far in XP Home edition. It is much more stable! You can't go back to yesetedays operating system and expect to get the benifets of todays technology.
Re:Stay with what you have is my advice for what you do as a single user, you will not gain anything and will lose performance. W2k is a bitch to install and takes forever to boot.
Re:I can only add that I've not had any problems with my XP OS!
Re:Win2k all the way. for now at least.
Re:I'm on the other side of that coin. XP seems to be as stable as 2K and as quick as 98SE. The install goes great. The registration is painless(did it over the phone, just to keep MS honest) and quick. It will prevent you from using it on several machines however. I think over the long haul it would be better to go with XP from the start.
Re:<< Is is possible to do a duel boot system so that I could run Win98SE and Win2K on the same system? >>
it's very easy, install win98se first then install win2k after that keeping win98se. in the systems control panel under the "startup and recovery tab" there's a "Default Operating System" menu. Here you can configure if you want a 'boot' menu to show up or not.
i didn't know that and i went the more difficult route, i installed win2k and then win98se, didn't want to bother redoing it all, so i had to get BootMagic 7.0 and that provided me with the OS loader
GOOD LUCK!
Re:You can easily add w2k to another drive, or to another partition on your current drive.
Re:Thanks a lot guys, I was leaning toward Win2K because of the Registration and because I had heard it was more stable than XP.
Is is possible to do a duel boot system so that I could run Win98SE and Win2K on the same system?
Re:Win2k and XP are basicly the same thing. All they did was added the 'msconfig' back in and added a few new things. Like the restore feature just is case something goes wrong plus a few others which don't mount to nothing in my book. The only app you might have problems to get running is Janes ATF because win2k lacks dos. Other then that all the programs you have listed will work under win2k. I'm running win2k on both of my system's and the only games/app. I can't get to work under win2k is the game Need For Speed. I'm staying with this OS for now since I don't like the XP registration because microsoft don't need to know everthing about you. One day I bet microsoft will want to know when you goto the bathroom or even have sex with your girl friend.
Re:Herkules,
Having had both Win2k and WinXP on my machine, I would suggest you go to Win2k. It looks like you are more concerned with applications than you are with games, so I suggest Win2k, because it is MUCH more stable than WinXP right now. In fact, even if you were more concerned with games, unless you play many old games based on MS-DOS(in which case, you probably will have trouble with both OSs), I would suggest you go to WinXP anyways!! I had Win2k on my machine for about 5 mos. and during that whole time, I saw the Blue Screen of Deat(B.S.O.D) maybe 4 times during the whole period. Internet Explorer also NEVER crashed on me. I recently installed WinXP, and I have now seen the B.S.O.D. 4 times, in the 3 week period I've had it, and IE 6 has also crashed on me. My computer has also locked up on my numerous times, of course this was all due to Counterstrike, and I have just been really unsatisfied with XP's performance so far overall. Win2k has now had 2 service packs, with a third coming soon I've heard, and is alot more stable overall. If you are going to use mostly applications on your computer, then DEFINITELY go with Win2k for now. If you can wait awhile,(read:1 year) then XP should be more stable by then and you can use it then. On the plus side for XP, it comes with so many drivers, the OS install was one of the easiest I have EVER done. Much easier than Win2k. Also, if you get the Pro version of XP, you get the nice Remote Commander feature, and it also has a very nice(read:eye candy) user interface. Otherwise, it's less stable and also doesn't have a lot of driver support yet, although I found drivers for all my components, I know not all are supported yet. Good luck and I would appreciate it if you replied with your decision.
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