Windows os?

[COLE-X]

Hey guys im buying a new OS for my computer and i was just wanting your advice on what operating system i shuld get? im thinking ither windows xp home or midea center so if u guys can tell me witch u like better and why id like that thanks again!

[hexitnow]

Dont get windows media center. There is a few more running processes in the background compared to windows xp. I use to have media center. Dumped it after like 2 weeks. Besides if you dont have all the right hardware you cant install it.

[COLE-X]

well my specs are

1Gb Ram
250GB SATA 3gbit per second
AMD 3800+ dual core presseser

and some other stuff and i know i have all the right hardwhere so yeah but i can see what u are talking about casue my brother has media center and he likes it..but hes not much of a gameer like me and i am on xp home right now on this computer and i think its fine i just know media center has more media options and what not..

[Drocona]

how bout windows XP professional?

I use it, it has all teh good networking stuff etc in it.

[COLE-X]

meh its about the same in money wise as media center but idk

[hexitnow]

Trust me, get Windows XP Prof. You can tweak it to run so fast. I have a copy of Prof that I personally tweaked, hacked, and did everything else possible to make it run faster. And boy is it. I put it on a pc with windows 98 and it ran very smooth for bein a 533 mhz pentium with only 128 mb of ram. It's recommended to get XP and I am willing to bet a few other people will say the same thing. Dro already did.

[COLE-X]

ok thanks for the advice guys im thinkin of goin with pro

[Hollanda]

Use w2k3 webedition. It's illegal to host on OEM or any other windows license. Only SPLA (service pack level agreement) licences are allowed for hosting.

w2k3 webedtion costs around 12,5 per cpu a month. w2k3 standard (needed for webservers) around 25 per cpu a month.

XP isn't ment to use for a server, w2k3 server edition is.

[J.Christy]

So hosting on my illegal copy of windows 2003 server is ok? Cool!'

Just kidding.

[BADASS]

can a certian windows cause a internet connection to go slow. cause I upgrade my computer from windows xp home edition to the pro version and it seems faster to me.

[Drocona]

XP pro has all the networking stuff built in. Something Home doesnt have. I tested my connections a while back when I had slower internet, I was at 1300 connections per minute

[[Toast]]

Get Linux
Well, if you're decided on windows..get one of the server versions or xp pro. I have xp pro 64 edition on my server. I miss linux, except for the configuration problems i had, lol.

[COLE-X]

well im not useing this computer as a server..im useing it to just play the games becasue im going to get a difrent pc lil cheaper for a server soon but i was just wondering the best os for gameing on? and ill pass on linux casue i dont like it i know its cheaper but still..

[[Toast]]

Well, no os os the best for gaming. Even Windows needs some work. But, more games are suported on Windows than any other os. So: Windows.

[Drocona]

They better make Vista nice as it's supposed to be