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xubuntu > xpI still use XP. Why? Because my PC is over seven years old and this is the OS that came with it.
http://xubuntu.org/
xubuntu > xpI still use XP. Why? Because my PC is over seven years old and this is the OS that came with it.
Dude I was kidding, some people can't take a joke...LMAO Vista?! really...did you say Vista? lol sorry if I'm in hysterics, I know Vista has supposedly seen a ton of improvements but its still crap!
I don't trust my technological proficiency enough to start reinstalling operating systems on my only PC. When I (eventually) get a laptop I'll use this old beast to practice stuff like that.xubuntu > xpI still use XP. Why? Because my PC is over seven years old and this is the OS that came with it.
http://xubuntu.org/
DOSBox or VMware. Both are free and segregate you from the security concerns.XP is still the only system that is fully compatible with a ton of awesome old 90s games like Alpha Centauri and Mechwarrior.
I'm actually buying a WXP machine just to play a few of the old games without having to mess around with things in Win7.
You do know you can disable AERO and set the control panel icon size to the old one and all that jazz, right?i still use xp cus it does everything i want it to do and i know how to use it properly
got no interest or patience to upgrade to windows 7 and have to learn how to use it the way i like
if you wana play with linux distros without commiting yourself you could always go the live cd/dvd routeI don't trust my technological proficiency enough to start reinstalling operating systems on my only PC. When I (eventually) get a laptop I'll use this old beast to practice stuff like that.xubuntu > xpI still use XP. Why? Because my PC is over seven years old and this is the OS that came with it.
http://xubuntu.org/
DOSBox or VMware. Both are free and segregate you from the security concerns.XP is still the only system that is fully compatible with a ton of awesome old 90s games like Alpha Centauri and Mechwarrior.
I'm actually buying a WXP machine just to play a few of the old games without having to mess around with things in Win7.
You do know you can disable AERO and set the control panel icon size to the old one and all that jazz, right?i still use xp cus it does everything i want it to do and i know how to use it properly
got no interest or patience to upgrade to windows 7 and have to learn how to use it the way i like
I still use XP eventhough I have brand new unopened quad core rig with Windows 7 on it, I just can't be bothered to transfer everything over
Besides I hate change -- still use IE8 because I can't be bothered to use Chrome or any other browser
still use IE8 because I can't be bothered to use Chrome
still use IE8
Neither are of much use when you're playing a game that references certain CPU calls etc. from XP. I know because I tried using VMWare recently to play a game that wouldn't work right in 7. It made little difference to the performance, presumably because some things just can't be replicated perfectly in a VM. There's a reason why even today it's still impossible to play stuff like Heavy Gear 2 in VMWare on Windows 7 without gfx artifacts.DOSBox or VMware. Both are free and segregate you from the security concerns.
LMAO Vista?! really...did you say Vista? lol sorry if I'm in hysterics, I know Vista has supposedly seen a ton of improvements but its still crap!Well with 8 and 7 all you have to do is run it in compatibility mode simple!
I don't think you really know what you're talking about.
Vista is still fine, aside that it needs a somewhat potent computer to run on.
Compatibility mode usually only works if an application has a hard-coded OS-version check, that can't properly detect newer versions of Windows. It doesn't magically make old games with DirectX, driver and kernel issues work with just a flip of a checkbox.
What does that even mean? CPU instruction sects have no dependency in the OS.Neither are of much use when you're playing a game that references certain CPU calls etc. from XP.
Which games? You may have to use a VM with hardware acceleration.I know because I tried using VMWare recently to play a game that wouldn't work right in 7. It made little difference to the performance, presumably because some things just can't be replicated perfectly in a VM. There's a reason why even today it's still impossible to play stuff like Heavy Gear 2 in VMWare on Windows 7 without gfx artifacts.
He's saying that the OS setting there is to get around programs that don't detect the OS properly.The application doesn't have to be hard-coded, you just right click the application, properties and there's an option there to run in compatibity mode.
You're thinking of XP mode, not compatibility mode.The only problem is that compatibility mode requires your processor to have Virtualization support that some cheaper or older Celeron/Dual Core processor doesn't have.
The application doesn't have to be hard-coded, you just right click the application, properties and there's an option there to run in compatibity mode. The only problem is that compatibility mode requires your processor to have Virtualization support that some cheaper or older Celeron/Dual Core processor doesn't have.
Every decent gaming PC should use Win7 with a x64 variant installed on it. It's a fairy tale nowadays that games consume less RAM on XP. It's a 100MB difference at max, and it's way negligible in gaming.I use Windows XP because I have it on my gaming computer. Uses less RAM when I play games.
I play all my incompatible games in VMWare. It works wonders. CPU calls et likes are virtualized perfectly (1:1, do I dare to say?), the only problem relies with old Win95-era games (obviously MS-DOS based) that might directly push things in the Framebuffer and do strange calls on the VGA bios. But I'm sure the VESA driver should handle 90% of it (it uses Bochs' implementation, iirc). That remains only with poor Direct3D implementation. I know for sure that VirtualBox uses Wine's code, but I think VMWare's implementation is proprietary. Needless to say, it's the only one who at least tries to implement D3D7 support.Neither are of much use when you're playing a game that references certain CPU calls etc. from XP. I know because I tried using VMWare recently to play a game that wouldn't work right in 7. It made little difference to the performance, presumably because some things just can't be replicated perfectly in a VM. There's a reason why even today it's still impossible to play stuff like Heavy Gear 2 in VMWare on Windows 7 without gfx artifacts.DOSBox or VMware. Both are free and segregate you from the security concerns.
It might be because people still prefer to stay away from linux. I mean i know people for whom linux is still a mysteryxubuntu > xpI still use XP. Why? Because my PC is over seven years old and this is the OS that came with it.
http://xubuntu.org/
CPU instruction sets don't depend on an OS. I didn't say they did. Some games referenced certain obscure calls to the hardware which were only available on XP.What does that even mean? CPU instruction sects have no dependency in the OS.
Which games? You may have to use a VM with hardware acceleration.