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Welcome to Winter! The Daily Chit-Chat

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Azzurra said:
I used Windows '98 until about 2006 (which was when I subsequently got a new computer, with XP). I still use XP 'til this day, and will continue to use it until it expires.
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When you think about it, Windows 98 also expired for real in 2006. 8 years can be a long time, huh?

Ah, Windows 98. Thinking about it made me think about what it could support. You know, it was a solid OS compared to that broken mess that was Windows ME.

And when you think about it, a lot of things we now take for granted... brand new back in its era! WDM drivers, USB support for real, DVD drives, etc... and it also got nifty things even when it's after the XP era has begun, like DirectX 9.0c, Windows Media Player 9, and stuff...
 
My current theme actually wasn't a holiday theme when it debuted in November 2009.

EntwinedSilence said:
It bugs me that school computers still use XP. Sure it's more stable than Vista, but IMO they could switch to 7, and should sometime soon. Heck, libraries still use Windows 98, at least some of the one's I've been to. I have to remember how to work it every time I go. xD;

& Vista really was a mistake.. too bad it was a pretty mistake, and everyone originally wanted it / got it, and realized the horrors.
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Vista actually is quite stable now, much moreso than XP (I've used Vista, 7, and XP on a daily basis over the last two years on similar hardware, and the XP computer was more prone to crashing). It's just that Microsoft botched its release by moving up the date on hardware manufacturers, who didn't have any drivers ready.

♪Twiggy♪ said:


When you think about it, Windows 98 also expired for real in 2006. 8 years can be a long time, huh?

Ah, Windows 98. Thinking about it made me think about what it could support. You know, it was a solid OS compared to that broken mess that was Windows ME.

And when you think about it, a lot of things we now take for granted... brand new back in its era! WDM drivers, USB support for real, DVD drives, etc... and it also got nifty things even when it's after the XP era has begun, like DirectX 9.0c, Windows Media Player 9, and stuff...
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Windows 98 itself was actually a horrible mess until they released Windows 98SE.
 
The Music Department in my school uses Windows 7 professional, I think they've got the biggest budgets. xD; All the ICT suites we have use Windows XP. :3
 
Mew~ said:
The Music Department in my school uses Windows 7 professional, I think they've got the biggest budgets. xD; All the ICT suites we have use Windows XP. :3
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ahhh, i'm not in high school anymore, but my sister and my brother are in band, and thus i wish they had that budget. ;; their budget was cut this year, so they got basically nothing. it makes me sad, because when i was in the band we had a pretty good budget.

i think we have a desktop that's still running '97, but we never use it so i don't think that really matters, aha.
 
donavannj said:
My current theme actually wasn't a holiday theme when it debuted in November 2009.
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Dear don, November is the holidays. Therefore it was a holiday theme.

I don't think Vista was as bad as everyone claims it to be. I used it for a while and had no problems, and I've never met someone who's had more problems with Vista than any other OS. I think it's more what you use it for...if you use computers really hardcore then it might be bad I guess?
 
Aren't most things like that nowadays? Just ship whatever you have at release date and fix it later?
 
Lately, with videogames able to patch so easily from the internet, it's been happening there too. Rather obnoxious tbh, I'd rather the game be held back until the major bugs are ironed out - for example not being able to get one of the best houses in Skyrim because they didn't account for the fact that the people involved in one of the quests are non-essential, can be killed by dragons, and the quest is required to get the house. Ugh :(
 
My personal favorite thing of that era, PnP. Plug and Play, or as it was called back then, Plug and Pray.

I think I've used a version of every 'modern' windows except ME. (95 and up)

Still, 98 never gave me any issues. Even the first edition. Then again, I was a average user back then so I probably never did anything that would cause me to encounter issues.

You know what you do in that situation? Cheat codes are thine friend.
 
Ah "Roller Coaster Tycoon"! What a game, I purchased RCT 3 on steam recently, kept glitching though... on "Vista".
 
RollerCoaster Tycoon is my FAVORITE PC game. I remember spending all day playing that game non-stop. I got RCT3 a few months ago and I'm taking the advantage of riding my own coasters. xD So cool.
 
Shining Raichu said:
People shouldn't knock Windows '98, at least Roller Coaster Tycoon worked on it! That's more than you can say for the newer ones :(
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What on earth are you talking about? Roller Coaster Tycoon has worked fantastically on every version of Windows I've used since Windows 98. In fact, it's installed on both my Windows Vista laptop and my Windows 7 desktop and I've beaten a few of the early parks.

And RCT 3 glitching on Vista? What is this madness? You guys seriously must be doing something wrong while installing the games that causes them to crash or glitch. I have none of your problems and the stuff works amazing on my computers.

I do get some graphical errors at times on Age of Empires, but that's because some driver that's in XP didn't get brought over to Vista or 7. Can't LAN it on Vista or 7, either. Some network protocol is missing from them that's not missing in XP that multiplayer for Age of Empires is apparently dependent on.

Sim City 2000 works fantastically on my machines as well, though my favorite was always Sm City 4 because it's lone expansion gives variety in transportation options. That game works fine as long as I remember to save often, as the game is poorly coded and prone to crashing to the desktop at random.
 
I never had any trouble with any of my games running on any OS, but I don't play any really graphic-intenseive games either.

I do prefer XP over W7 simply because my Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Adaptor would actually work with XP. Since my old computer died I haven't been able to get on Nintendo's wi-fi at all. Which makes me sad.

XP probably wouldn't be so taxing on my 1GB of RAM, either.
 
Elite Overlord LeSabre™ said:
I never had any trouble with any of my games running on any OS, but I don't play any really graphic-intenseive games either.

I do prefer XP over W7 simply because my Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Adaptor would actually work with XP. Since my old computer died I haven't been able to get on Nintendo's wi-fi at all. Which makes me sad.

XP probably wouldn't be so taxing on my 1GB of RAM, either.
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Well, I wonder whether you have considered shelling out a little bit more for an actual wireless router?

I find Windows Vista/7 somehow tolerable with only 1.4 GB of RAM as long as you don't use Aero.
 
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