Sabretooth Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 OK, sabre's back to asking nerdy computer questions... I've heard WinXP is good and all and I want to upgrade my WinME, but is it worth it? I want XP, but I've heard it doesn't support old games. I just wanna confirm. I've been lookin' around the web for answers but got none. I'm talkin' about the REALLY old games here, like Mario and the rest. Bring in any reviews if you like too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Originally posted by sabretooth OK, sabre's back to asking nerdy computer questions... I've heard WinXP is good and all and I want to upgrade my WinME, but is it worth it? I want XP, but I've heard it doesn't support old games. I just wanna confirm. I've been lookin' around the web for answers but got none. I'm talkin' about the REALLY old games here, like Mario and the rest. Bring in any reviews if you like too. WINDOWS ME SUX Believe me, it sux, we had it for awile, it would crash every second and we couldn't do anything on it. Although it is true that you can't play some old games on XP. My bro has trouble getting Tie Fighter to work but he eventually got it running. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Longhorn wont be out till early 2006, but XP Is definitely the best OS. ME is a joke. I recommend you to upgrade And if the games dont work you can alwyas partition your hard drive so you got 2 windows runnign and you can still run those old games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted April 18, 2004 Author Share Posted April 18, 2004 Good Idea. I already have C: (Windows, 10 GB) and D: (Storage, 80 GB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 I've never had any problems getting old games to run on Win XP. Usually you can use compatibility mode to get them running. If you are still having trouble, you can just google it and see if other people are having similar problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 The vast improvement in every way that XP is over previous incarnations of the Windows OS is worth the occasional hassle involved with some getting older software to work (which isn't usually that difficult.) I say go for it and don't look back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight of Keno Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Windows XP Sucks. It's DOS is differnetly coded and so it doesn't support the old DOS based games, It is more nicer to look, but still. I would stick on Windows 98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handorin Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 i use WinXP Pro. It works verly nicely. The only thing that you need to worry about are the vid cards so you can play new games. I dont know about the old games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 if you're running xp pro sp1 or greater you really shouldnt have too many problems with current games, its really the vid card that affects things moreso.... with older games, well I really dont play many, perhaps the oldest I play is Rebel Assault II, but I dont need compatibility mode for that..... XP was the go for me because of the connectivity, I do alot of digital video editing, digital stills and I need to be able to plug into USB and not worry about meddlesome installations... of course, it has its downers too. every time somethin strange happens, you get that damn send error report, does anyone actually receive/respond to those ??!! I upgraded my old p3.800 to xp, from Me, the difference was startling.............xp might not be fantastic, but ME was shyte ! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow_Nest Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Its true, XP doesnt support most of the old games. But windows XP is better and faster than the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--ZeeMan-- Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 i have used winme for the past 2 years and haven't had any serious issues with it until recently. hopefully soon i'll be upgrading my pc to xp, so that get's my vote as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 OH MY GOD, GET RID OF ME NOW!!! My friend has gad countless problems with it, varying from crashes to in-security. JUst yesterday his HD went corrupt because of some error in the system. Just get XP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--ZeeMan-- Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 i am...and you could help by giving me a map to this "so-called money tree" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Originally posted by Egg Destroyer OH MY GOD, GET RID OF ME NOW!!! I'd love to get rid of you. Bahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handorin Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 i never send those error reports, they are just peices of crap really. they probaly dont even respond to it. o, we would all really love to get rid of you ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshot Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by Darth Tepe Windows XP Sucks. It's DOS is differnetly coded and so it doesn't support the old DOS based games. I'll bet you all the gil I've saved up that I can get Dark Forces AND Jedi Knight 1 up and running on my XP. Watch the master at work, Sabre, my friend! You should also upgrade to XP, as it rocks over Win 98 and ME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narfblat Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 We switched to XP after we formatted our hard drive and had trouble finding drivers for all our old stuff(@#$#$& Compaq). Windows XP contained those drivers, so we were able to get everything working. I've been able to get DF to work on it(I forget how), but the sound is kind of crappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior I'd love to get rid of you. Bahahahaha Great minds think alike, as I was thinking that as well... Except your a fool who just got a lucky break... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by Kain Great minds think alike, as I was thinking that as well... Except your a fool who just got a lucky break... That almost makes sense...Almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by CapNColostomy That almost makes sense...Almost. I could quote you're last post that you quoted me in and make an ass out of myself, but I'd rather keep my composure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Try a site called NTcompatible.com, and click on the compatiblity list, it will give a comprehensive list of will and won't work on an NT based system (ie NT, 2K and XP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Here's the big problem with ME other than it sucks. It is (or about to be) no longer supported by Microsoft. It came out a long time ago that MS would not support it any longer. So no more patched and updates for it. The good news is that some of the new viruses out there don't affect ME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by Kain I could quote you're last post that you quoted me in and make an ass out of myself, but I'd rather keep my composure. You could? That's magical. What else can you do? Pull a rabbit out of a hat? Saw a girl in half? You might look into the whole making an ass out of yourself thing. That would be truely magical, and perhaps even an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 One last thing. If you do go up to XP, try and get Pro. It's better that the Home edition. Also, make sure when you are upgrading to XP, do a full wipe and install. Not a good idea to have any traces of ME around while running XP. Heard it can and does mess the system up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Originally posted by Egg Destroyer OH MY GOD, GET RID OF ME NOW!!! You know, it took me a second to get exactly why you said that. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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