Your favorite Microsoft OS?

[revnja]

2000 Professional or the Win2k3 Server series. I'm not a fan of XP, etc. Well, I'm not a big fan of Windows at all, but I'd have to say those two stand out.

 

[psiu]

I put XP.

3 votes for ME?!?! They should be banned from the intarweb for that heresy!

ME truly is a terrible system....ran into more problems with that system than everything else combined.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
I hate M$ with the white-hot intensity of Michael Jackson's skin bleaching cream, but even I have to admit that XP is pretty damn good. My machine runs 24/7 and I can go weeks between crashes or reboots. With the older versions of Windows I could measure crash intervals in minutes.

even 2000 pro?

Yeah. 2kPro is rock solid stable. I actually got a *gasp* BSOD last week while trying to convert DivX to DVD using Nero, and it was the first time I'd seen one in more than a year (and then I was burning in new memory and playing with faster-than-spec timings, so that doesn't really count). Turned out the culprit was a corrupt DivX file.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: Nik
XP Pro, not XP Home. I haven't played with the 64-bit edition yet, either.

It's crap don't bother, I tried the eval version from their website and it did nothing but crash on my laptop.

x64?

Which build? The older build did that...I've been using the newr build for a few months now, and haven't had a single problem yet. (using it as my main os)

Yeah the older one, I'm not sure if you can download the newer build as an eval version.

they updated their link about a week after it was released to MSDN, and made it public

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: Nik
XP Pro, not XP Home. I haven't played with the 64-bit edition yet, either.

It's crap don't bother, I tried the eval version from their website and it did nothing but crash on my laptop.

x64?

Which build? The older build did that...I've been using the newr build for a few months now, and haven't had a single problem yet. (using it as my main os)

Yeah the older one, I'm not sure if you can download the newer build as an eval version.

they updated their link about a week after it was released to MSDN, and made it public

Funky, *downloads*.

Will the 64bit version be on sale soon then?

 

[PHiuR]

i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Are you talking about the same Windows 2000 that everyone else is?

 

[mwmorph]

wtf? eheres the l33t windowz 1.0?
great, now i have to voet xp-64 for the second most gimmicky/interesting/holds most promise in the short run.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Er, 2000 is basically a more stable version of 98SE. They even look pretty similar.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Vic
I'm posting from DOS 6.22

:shocked:

<-- Voted XP

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: Nik
XP Pro, not XP Home. I haven't played with the 64-bit edition yet, either.

It's crap don't bother, I tried the eval version from their website and it did nothing but crash on my laptop.

x64?

Which build? The older build did that...I've been using the newr build for a few months now, and haven't had a single problem yet. (using it as my main os)

Yeah the older one, I'm not sure if you can download the newer build as an eval version.

they updated their link about a week after it was released to MSDN, and made it public

Funky, *downloads*.

Will the 64bit version be on sale soon then?

supposedly out by the end of this month/very early next month. If you have a legit version of windows xp 32 bit, they'll replace it for you for free with the 64 bit copy

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Er, 2000 is basically a more stable version of 98SE. They even look pretty similar.

thats the most ignorant thing i've ever heard. windows 2000 is a full version higher than windows 98SE (version 4.xx to version 5.0). :roll:

 

[Jeff7181]

How is DOS a Windows operating system?

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
How is DOS a Windows operating system?

I should've said "Microsoft" instead of "Windows"

my bad

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: neonerd
supposedly out by the end of this month/very early next month. If you have a legit version of windows xp 32 bit, they'll replace it for you for free with the 64 bit copy

:Q!

How would we go about doing that once it's out?

/me hugs his $5 copy of Windows XP from the university

 

[alent1234]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Er, 2000 is basically a more stable version of 98SE. They even look pretty similar.

no

win2000 is version 5 of the NT kernel

98SE is just another win95/dos clone

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: DnaJ

Originally posted by: Nik
XP Pro, not XP Home. I haven't played with the 64-bit edition yet, either.

It's crap don't bother, I tried the eval version from their website and it did nothing but crash on my laptop.

x64?

Which build? The older build did that...I've been using the newr build for a few months now, and haven't had a single problem yet. (using it as my main os)

Yeah the older one, I'm not sure if you can download the newer build as an eval version.

they updated their link about a week after it was released to MSDN, and made it public

Funky, *downloads*.

Will the 64bit version be on sale soon then?

supposedly out by the end of this month/very early next month. If you have a legit version of windows xp 32 bit, they'll replace it for you for free with the 64 bit copy

Really?

Damn, I have 2 xp pro keys and 1 home that I got with my laptop

 

[alent1234]

win2003 server is nice, but I haven't had a chance to really play with it

on the client I still like win2000 pro over XP

same functionality and it's not a ram hog like XP

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Er, 2000 is basically a more stable version of 98SE. They even look pretty similar.

stop posting.

 

[silverpig]

DOS wasn't a windows OS...

Maybe you mean MS os?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: alent1234

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i was on 98SE for the longest time...ME sucked...2000 sucked...then XP came out, even after XP, I was useing 98SE for a good amt of time before i switched.

Er, 2000 is basically a more stable version of 98SE. They even look pretty similar.

no

win2000 is version 5 of the NT kernel

98SE is just another win95/dos clone

WinME = win98 with some minor crap added, and crappified
win2k = nt 4 + 1
xp = win2k + .1

Something like that anyways.

 

[jadinolf]

98 SE
Don't like it?
Sue me.

 

[QuitBanningMe]

XP

 

[ActuaryTm]

SBS2003. Quite a good package for the price.

 

[Mallow]

2000 just b/c it wasn't as bloated as xp