Win98 or Win2000 ?

[Me]

I have an older computer that I would like to dedicate solely to running
WinMX and Kazaa.

The computer is a Pentium-II - 350mhz - 240MB Ram - 7 ghz HD

Which OS should I install? Win98 or Win2000 ?

Which one will run faster with less need for reboots? I hope not to be
running anything else except those programs. But I do hope to network it to
my main workstation.

Opinions?

Thanks!

 

[Moshup Trail]

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I have an older computer that I would like to dedicate solely to running
WinMX and Kazaa.

The computer is a Pentium-II - 350mhz - 240MB Ram - 7 ghz HD

Which OS should I install? Win98 or Win2000 ?

Which one will run faster with less need for reboots? I hope not to be
running anything else except those programs. But I do hope to network it to
my main workstation.

Opinions?

Thanks!

Win2k is probably more stable (less reboots)
- is win2k even rated for a 350Mhz processor?
Win98 is probably faster, smaller, easier to set up
- win98se is very stable, and could certainly run those apps easily

For what you are trying to do Win98SE would be just fine.

 

[Guest]

W98 would be less taxing on a low-power system, but you
can't match the stability of W2K Pro. It's really give or
take, you can't have the best of both worlds.

 

[DanielEKFA]

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Win2k is probably more stable (less reboots)
- is win2k even rated for a 350Mhz processor?
Win98 is probably faster, smaller, easier to set up
- win98se is very stable, and could certainly run those apps easily

For what you are trying to do Win98SE would be just fine.

I agree. Unless you feel like setting up a Linux box and create a really
stable, secure, and permanent P2P zombie

 

[§|ª®TiߪRtfª$t]

Neither mate, Windows ME

 

[fred-bloggs]

I have an older computer that I would like to dedicate solely to
running WinMX and Kazaa.

The computer is a Pentium-II - 350mhz - 240MB Ram - 7 ghz HD

Which OS should I install? Win98 or Win2000 ?

Which one will run faster with less need for reboots? I hope not to
be running anything else except those programs. But I do hope to
network it to my main workstation.

Opinions?

Thanks!

Unless Kazaa has been rewritten since I last used it, a 350MHz PentiumII
will not be fast enough. WinMX will be fine as a secondary node.

The more stable (less reboots) OS is win2000, you could also use XP.

 

[Joe]

If you have both available, you would do better to go with Windows 2000.
98se is good, but it does have its moments. I installed Win2K on a Compaq
Armada, and it is rather slow.

For your computer, the PII-350, the optimum would be Windows NT
Workstation. However, with NT you will lose the USB function.

 

[Guest]

ME????

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!

ME is the biggest peice if crap MS ever made!!!!

 

[DanielEKFA]

Neither mate, Windows ME

ME as in Mega Error

 

[Guest]

ME only if you want to be pulling your hair out...

 

[Me]

Neither mate, Windows ME

Windows *ME* ?

Run! As fast as you can in the otehr direction! lol!

;-)

 

[Moshup Trail]

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Windows *ME* ?

Run! As fast as you can in the otehr direction! lol!

;-)

I have just finished re-staging two Compaq Presarios from ME to 98SE. What
a relief! The crap that Compaq adds plus the most unstable OS ever made by
MS was a real pain in the backside.