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Old June 7th 06, 04:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?

TIA,

Dan

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Old June 7th 06, 06:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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schrieb:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.


You are a little unprecise with these names. I assume you are talking about
Windows 98 SE and Windows NT 4?

Well, you can almost certainly forget about NT4 and ME. NT4 is really outdated
today and you will find there is not much support for it anymore. ME has a
rather low popularity - it was the first try of Microsoft to combine its
consumer line series (Win 9x) with the NT line - however failed miserably.

So, your decision boils down to whether use 98 SE or 2000.

The first may be called the "crown" of Microsofts DOS-based operation systems,
yet it is still a DOS based operation system Most important is the total
lack of a security-aware file-system (FAT allows full access to everyone) and
multi-user support (well, there is some 'simulated' multi-user support and you
can even restrict some settings on a per-user base, but basically every user is
still an administrator).

2000 on the other hand is a NT-based OS and the direct predecessor of Windows
XP. It supports NTFS, is a multi-user system, the system core is more stable
(an application can never crash the entire OS, only a faulty driver can). It's
also outdated however, and now with the next Microsoft OS ahead, it might be
difficult getting driver support for new devices for both 98SE and 2000. For
older devices as well as applications, support is slightly better for 98SE, but
that is just my opionion.

98SE might need less resources, but 2000 can also be tweaked to consume very
little. So it really depends on what you intend to do with the computers.
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Old June 7th 06, 06:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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I've used 98SE on a 550MHz Pentium 3, 128MB RAM, 13GB hard drive. It worked
really nicely. I've also ran it on a 350MHz Pentium 2 with 64MB RAM which is
perhaps more relevant to your machine :-). It really worked nicely, not as
fast as the 550MHz naturally but it was clean and good.

I've run Windows 2000 Pro on a 600MHz P3, 128MB RAM(later 256MB), it works
reliably(my bro uses it atm, I've a better one) but not fast. Tends to be
slow, but solid.

Mainly a choice of speed/reliability :-).

My two cents,
Allied

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ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?

TIA,

Dan



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Old June 7th 06, 07:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?




If the computer has an operating system sticker on the side...
you can keep using win98.

If I was going to start fresh I'd go with win2000 as it's more stable

however if you do install win2000 be sure to apply all security updates
ASAP!!!!


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Old June 7th 06, 07:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?

TIA,

Dan


Congratulations on the garbage day salvage. My 6635 compares to your 6630.
98SE is probably your best bet, though a friend with a (Gateway 500) system
comparable to yours runs ME just fine. It actually ran XP PRO acceptably
but that was bootleg so we reinstalled OEM ME.

FWIW, my restore CDs have drivers for NT 4 for the video and modem and
keyboard. You might have trouble getting the audio driver if you went with
NT. Can't say for sure.

One drawback of 98SE is you have to download drivers for most USB devices.

Seems to me you are already legal, but I understand wanting the COA. Belarc
Advisor can find your product key. It's somewhere in the registry.

For fallback media, I'd copy c:\windows\options\cabs to a thumb drive and
burn them to a CD. Keep your 20-digit and 25-digit keys with it; one or the
other will be needed. If you install from options\cabs you avoid the extra
HP programs that you don't need, though the driver for the keyboard buttons
is nice. You can get it at HP.


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Old June 7th 06, 10:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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I think that you are probably legal, since the PC probably came with 98SE
pre-installed.

As for a "fallback", consider getting a good backup program, such as Acronis
True Image. Version 6 or higher should work on your PC. Backup to an
external USB disk. Do a full disk image, and even the master boot record
will be saved. Unused space is not saved or is compressed away. The
restore function works from a bootable CD that the software makes when you
install it (or any time you want to make a bootable CD). That CD runs
LINUX, and can handle a wider range of hardware and file system types than
98SE.

Norton GHOST is also a possibility for backup software, but the very latest
GHOST is really intended for XP or higher.

In any event, avoid NT and ME. NT is not friendly, even to professional IT
folks. ME was a good idea with bad implementation. 2000 is a possibility,
but I would stick with 98SE. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it." The PC
might also be able to run XP home edition. That would run slower than 98SE,
but has better plug-n-play. Still, if 98SE suits your needs, keep it.

wrote in message
ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?

TIA,

Dan



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Old June 8th 06, 12:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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200 megs ram? not 256?

if you have at least 128 megs ram and a CPU 233mhz or better, Windows 2000
is the only thing i'd use on there.

Windows 98SE is ok, if you have an older/slower system, or just *need*
legacy/DOS support.

for Windows Me ... well, it uses a bit more resources than Win98SE, but isnt
as stable as Windows 2000.

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ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

I acquired this computer from roadside garbage day salvage and it has a
successful version of SE. In order to be legal, and to have a fallback
operating system installation, I'm looking to buy a copy of SE with
COA. However, I don't have to get SE; I can get ME, NT or 2000.

Any ideas on the merits and disadvantages of each of these operating
systems?

TIA,

Dan



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Old June 8th 06, 06:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Xenomorph wrote:
200 megs ram? not 256?


It came with 64MB and I was able to scrounge a 128MB stick. 64MB +
128MB = 192MB. Oddly, the memory slots can't handle a 256MB stick.


if you have at least 128 megs ram and a CPU 233mhz or better, Windows 2000
is the only thing i'd use on there.

Windows 98SE is ok, if you have an older/slower system, or just *need*
legacy/DOS support.

for Windows Me ... well, it uses a bit more resources than Win98SE, but isnt
as stable as Windows 2000.


http://xenomorph.net/


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ups.com...
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these operating systems?

I will be running them on an HP Pavilion 6630. It has a 500MHz Celeron
processor and about 200MB of RAM.

....
My home network has 5 or 6 computers on it; the server runs NT4 Server;
the other computers (all but the HP are IBMs) run OS/2, Windows 95a and
Windows for Workgroups. I'm currently setting up two more computers,
an IBM PC300GL, 330MHz and Netfinity 3000, 450MHz, both Pentium 2s.
Those will probably run Windows 2000 Pro. A PS/2 Model 95, Pentium 90
I"m setting up will probably run OS/2 Warp Server.

Thanks for all the opinions.

Dan

 




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