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1timebuilder

12-08-2001, 11:17 PM

I am currently Running Mac OS And I love it, and don't want to buy anything from the microsoft monoply. I was wondering of there was any platform widly supported that is made for gaming.

DrZaius

12-08-2001, 11:47 PM

Hi 1timebuilder,

Most games are written for Windows, and the best gaming OS is Windows 98SE (in my opinion). If you don't want to use Windows, you'll have to play games on a console, Linux doesn't have much game support.

12-09-2001, 04:26 AM

The most supported platform for gaming is Windows + DirectX.
It will run on Win95, 98, ME as well as 2K and XP, but Win98SE has the best performance on the Win9x series. 2K is a bit slower and XP. . I dunno, haven't tested it yet so intensively.

RJ

glc

12-10-2001, 03:09 PM

Your post concerning illegal things has been deleted - that is a major no-no on this board.

padawan

12-12-2001, 01:32 AM

I run Win2K, and it actually runs some games faster than Win9x/ME. Make sure you install SP2 and DX8.1, though. Stable, fast, and secure (relatively).

scottb99

12-16-2001, 08:30 PM

I've been running XP for a couple of months and it seems great for gaming, no crashes!!!!!

janaak

12-18-2001, 11:19 AM

But microsoft does own a bit of stock in apple, i know it doesn't mean that they own it, but a very good steak in it. omething like that...

aym

12-18-2001, 03:34 PM

I vote for win98se.
"If I put a rock in my pocket every time I thought of you, I'd have you in my heart and the world in my pocket."