Win 98 better than Windows XP ??

[mirces]

after me XP is a big mambo jombo. it looks great but it is full of
crap.
i have a AMD duron at 900 MHz, GeForce 2 400MX, with 160 RAM
Quake 3 arena has about 90 fps under win 98 and under XP 45 fps(!!!!!). and a ot of games don't work under 98!!!
under 98 i was listening to music, a film was playing in the background and i was copying a CD. all was fine.
BUT under XP i couldnt listen to music and copy a CD at the same time!!!!
im dissapointed!!

[Disk_Contented]

I only have a duron 800 and TNT2, and i have no problems with those sorts of tasks.
Sounds like a problem with your setup. XP is memory intensive, and 160 megs is not really enough.
Use Task Manager to see how much available ram is left when you boot to the desktop.
More importantly, how big is the swapfile. This will tell you if you need more mem.
Regarding the FPS issue, are you using the latest drivers frrom Nvidia? (not the built in drivers) The latest ones are Microsoft signed.
Good Luck

[evil_walnut]

XP is only as good as the user.

by your delightful, descriptive analysis of XP, you resemble the most literate, deductive user...


Do you think if the mishap you presented us with was a flaw in Windows XP or Windows Media 9 Series, someone would have posted that weeks ago - when people started installing it on their systems?