Windows 2000 or Win98 ?

[BadBen]

I was wondering if it would be a good Ideas to go with Win2000 when I comes out, or stay with Win98. I use my computer for mapping and playing and have the Abit Bp6 with 1 466Celeron @525mhz. Also what would be the price of Win 2000, I dont want to spend alot.

Thank You

[emcron]

If you are going to get another processor ( and I don't see why not nince celerons are so cheap) then get win2000 since it will support dual processors. Or you could go with nt or linux.

[daveleau]

First, I must say that Win2000 is actually NT 5.0 and is commonly mistaken for another everyday PC OS from MS. It is not meant to replace or work with Win98. It is more stable and has better networking capabilities since Win98 was stripped of most networking properties that came in Win95. If you know anything about NT, which I am not pretending to, nothing in the world outside of the business world works on NT. Few games are NT compatible. Stick with 98 or go with Linux. While Linux does have the same gaming problems and limited apps compared to 98, it is much more stable and the tech support is going to be much more plentiful, knowledgable and friendlier. AND MOST OF ALL IT'S FREE!!! Woo-hoo, can't beat that! Your best case scenario is to go with a dual boot system if you have the HD space. That way you won't be kicking yourself. /forum/smile.gif LAter-Dave

[Joel Kleppinger]

Well, actually, Win2k IS designed to be an NT that is supposed to reach to the consumer as well as stretch to the mainframe-power servers with DataCenter. How well they actually can pull this off remains to be seen. Win2k SP1 is slated to include DirectX 7, and considering that Win2k will support Plug-and-Pray as well as USB, it definitely will be something to consider for many consumers. I myself am dying for Win2k to get more stable, and then I'm planning on jettisoning Win98 and going to Win2k, at least assuming the current crop of games are supported.

There are only two more releases that will be based on the Win9x kernel: Millenium in the early/middle of next year, and Neptune a year or two after that. Beyond those two releases, it's the NT kernel for both Consumer and IT Professional. Word has it that the early beta of Millenium is very promising performance-wise, but stability won't be able to be judged until it's close to release.

My take is that if everything you want to do can be done on Win2k, go that route, but if not, then stay with Win98 - at least until you can't take it any longer.

[hai]

Your best bet is to setup a dual boot for both win2k and win9x. I have a dozen programs just simply refuse to work under win2k. Once find that's winNT, they shout"This program isn't supposed to run under winNT". Shrug.

[welsh wizard]

your stablity will be better with 2000 but expect a slow boot up, all the extra's really slow it down, it's been one off the main post's at MS's OEM BBS of late. also it is more inline with networking.
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[Nathan]

Unless you want to be a tester, stick with 98. You'll need less aspirin.