I am for sure an XP fan. I have not...(knock on wood.... knock..knock..knock) had a BSOD on XP..except when I was having a multitude of hardware problems..graphics card..power supply dying..hard drive dying. I now think they were all power supply problems... I was sick and tired of 98 deciding it did not want to shut down completely. It was a known 98 problem.. and even the microsoft tech admitted...it 'happens' and there is no permanent fix. XP is faster... more stable... and can do more. I think a equal machines running XP and Win 98 that XP would blow 98 away... Yes, Win 98 can run things that XP cannot...but they are OLD things...not new ones..... That is why you have to do the compatibility test when you upgrade an existing machine. You then have to make some hard choices. The sound.. would depend on the card....more than the OS. Same with Graphics...... I agree with Andy... XP may be a space hog..but when you can buy a 120 Gb hard drive for $80.00 ...does it matter? Ram is pretty dang cheap too. Both are much cheaper per GB or MB than they were when 98 was in its hay day. If you have every tried (I got it for free) the Digital Media Pro package from Microsoft with the dancers.. just show me a 98 machine that can keep up with that..... Hugs, Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "andy" <barneystorm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is 98 better than XP? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Folkvord (Hyperion Media)" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hey, > > I had an argument today with one of my business partners about wether Win XP > is a better OS than 98. I said XP was better, because that is my own > experience as well as what I perceive to be the consensus from other users. > My friend said 98 was better for sound and multimedia because: > > You get more and better drivers for it > It's less likely to crash when playing multimedia > XP isnt as compatible with many drivers as 98 > XP is heavier on the system and is therefore more likely to crash > > Anyone have some "scientific" explanations of why XP would be better than > 98, or vice versa? All depends on what hardware you are running, but give me XP any day over 98. All I know is 'The Blue Screen Of Death' I used to see acouple of times a day (If I was lucky) on W98 never shows up on XP. Far more stable, and if you do find something screws it up, simple,. just go back to a previous 'good' point and try again. Most things now have driver for XP, be they 'verified' ones or not-Even my old Epson Stylus Color 300 will function-and function perfectly after someone modified some NT drivers for it! Yep, XP is a space hog, but hard drive space is that cheap these days, more disc space for greater reliability-I'll take that trade off, thanks!" Cheers Andy To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk