PCMech Forums - View Single Post - compatability of Win. XP & 98 games with Vista?

tomster2300 · 03-03-2007, 02:30 PM

Don't get the home basic version, go for at least Home Premium. The basic version excludes the graphical upgrade to the menus and such, so basically you'd be getting a newer version of XP. I believe whatever version you get will automatically optimize itself to your system. So if you lack the graphical power to run the animations and such but you bought Premium Home, it will automatically disable all the animations for you.

Vista supposedly comes with its own version of a compatibility wizard, and should work with stuff at least back to win 98.

03-03-2007, 02:30 PM	#7
tomster2300 I like monkeys Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The South Posts: 2,512	Don't get the home basic version, go for at least Home Premium. The basic version excludes the graphical upgrade to the menus and such, so basically you'd be getting a newer version of XP. I believe whatever version you get will automatically optimize itself to your system. So if you lack the graphical power to run the animations and such but you bought Premium Home, it will automatically disable all the animations for you. Vista supposedly comes with its own version of a compatibility wizard, and should work with stuff at least back to win 98. __________________ Desktop 1: Intel i7 920--GA-x58-UD3R--Corsair xMS3 6GB (3 X 2GB) DDR3 1333mhz--Sapphire HD 4870 1GB--PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w psu--WD SATA 3.0 gb/s 320 GB HD--Lite-on DVD-DL burner--Thermaltake SopranoRS black case--Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Desktop 2: Intel C2D E4400--GA-P35-DS3R--Corsair xMS2 2GB (2 X 1 GB) DDR2 800--eVGA 8600 GT--Fortron Source 500 watt psu--WD 250 gb HD--HP DVD-DL burner--Windows Vista Home Premium Laptop: Apple Macbook