Which operating system for my system?

#1 DragonZeal

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 11:35 PM

I'm going to listen to you guys.
I made a poll out of it.

#2 adamvjackson

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 11:37 PM

From my experiences alone, the Audigy drivers have compatibility issues with XP...

#3 DragonZeal

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 11:45 PM

The new one or the old one?
Oh I forgot.
I will be playing games, watching dvd and all the other stuff.

#4 adamvjackson

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 12:02 AM

In all honesty, either one will probably be just fine, it's a matter of preferance. As I mentioned to another user a while back, if you have to purchase either one, I would get XP simply because it will be supported longer. If you already have one of the operating systems, I would use that.

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 02:28 AM

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From my experiences alone, the Audigy drivers have compatibility issues with XP...

I haven't had any probs with my Audigy & XP, infact I got it to get rid of the probs I had with my previous soundcard, a Sonic Vortex 2.

However, having said that, I have heard that there are sometimes issues with the KR7A & the Audigy. :shrug:

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 05:28 AM

Solaris - you can get it free for personal use apparently.
Well I used to have a free version 7!!!

It's a fine challenge and is compatible with stuff.

#7 pr-man

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 07:51 AM

Hey dragon not to share your thread but I was wondering the same about my situation. I will also be playing alot of games, dvds etc on my system. I own both win2k pro and winXP pro. Which do you guys feel I would be more happy with. Thx

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Posted 02 November 2002 - 07:09 AM

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From my experiences alone, the Audigy drivers have compatibility issues with XP...

i have installed a hundered of them, i got one for my brother too, never had any problems.

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Posted 02 November 2002 - 07:14 AM

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I like XP better because it is more flexible taht 2k (with my favorite "msconfig" at least). they are both good OS's but you know!!! XP is supported a lottle better now and i had some Video capturing problems when i used 2k on my system (Video for windows not supported under 2k)
for me XP is the best. (gaming, work, internet, dvd, a lot of video editing)

#10 pr-man

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Posted 02 November 2002 - 07:19 AM

I would think that win2k and winXP would have about the same support

#11 adamvjackson

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Posted 02 November 2002 - 08:47 AM

I agree with you, Pr-Man, for now. However, XP will be supported after 2k is no longer supported, provided Microsoft's product life expectancy tables remain unchanged.