My new Computer.

[Prince Noah]

Haha, alright. Neo it is.

[Benoit]

<blockquote>How come Benoit never answers Noah when he says that?</blockquote> <br>Maybe because I got to bed before reading that?<br> <blockquote>>_< post that in the proper thread. Besides, XP smokes all other Operating Systems. It smokes 95, 98, 2000, ME....and MAC!<p>Besides, like I said, Benoit, you never even USED XP. </blockquote> <br>I could say the same thing about you. Post your XP prayers in the appropriate thread.<br>And you never used 95 or 98. My Win95 rocks. It does everything I want it to.<br>I don't need to have used XP to know what it's like. I trust my computer science teacher and various sources about it. I don't want reports sent when I say "No". I don't want my processor to lose 200 Mhz of its power due to XP, which is basically the same as its predecessors. Point in case: SNES emulators run smoothly on my 233 Mhz computer. On XP computers, you need 450 Mhz to be able to run it smoothly. I don't want to lose my backwards compatibility with DOS games, and various Win95/Win98 applications. Point in case: except for a small bug with the sound, my game Brave Soul has been reported to repeatedly chrash on XP, as well as many other games I would like to play. Go to Peach Princess' BBS to see the tons of complaints concerning playing these games on XP. No complaints on others OSes.

[Prince Noah]

Are you done? I'm getting a little tired of hearing you whine about how much you hate Microsoft. >_< You use what you like, and I use what I like.<p>[size=small][Edit by Prince Noah on [TIME]1082831964[/TIME]][/size]

[Benoit]

It wasn't about Microsoft. It was about XP.

[LaconianShot]

PhanGarrett, I mentioned ICW because I can't upgrade to XP without some consequences.<br>I actually like my Windows 98 version 2, despite incompatibility with MSN Messenger. It's very user friendly, and it runs pretty smoothly too.<br>Benoit, never bash something until you yourself have tried it. So, if you haven't tried it, don't comment. I'd hazard that your Computer Science teacher has different preferences then you. At least give it a go...you may like it. And it sounds to me like your Computer Science teacher is teaching his opinion to your class...and I think that it is swaying you. <br>From what I've learned, never trust what people tell you. Base your opinoin on your accounts.

[Benoit]

No, he doesn't teach his opinions. He doesn't say "XP is bad.". He mentioned what XP does. And I don't like that.<br>I'm not going to try XP anytime soon. If you read my reasons above, you would understand why. Besides, I can't run it on this PC except if I want slow-motion. That's XP taking too much resources for you. And this I know 100% certain.<br> <blockquote>Benoit, never bash something until you yourself have tried it. So, if you haven't tried it, don't comment.</blockquote> <br>In other words, you should never have bashed Sonic Heroes? Is this hypocrisy?<br>I'm perfectly able to rate something based on the information I gather.<br>I don't think you're going to try dog poop even if you know it doesn't taste good.

[LaconianShot]

Eh? What gave you the impression that I didn't try Sonic Hereos? I just didn't like it. Yeesh, talk about looking for a fight.<br>And also, your PC is probably old, so it can't handle XP. With it taking more resources, it also gives more out. <br> <blockquote>Besides, I can't run it on this PC except if I want slow motion.</blockquote> <br>That's not quite what I meant. I meant that if possible, you should try out a public computer (or a friend's) that has XP to see what it's like.

[Benoit]

<blockquote>Eh? What gave you the impression that I didn't try Sonic Hereos? I just didn't like it.</blockquote> <br>The fact that you only knew basic knowledge about the game, and claimed that all the stages were taken from earlier Sonic games. I have yet to see a haunted castle or a haunted mansion in another game than Sonic Heroes, for example. You also didn't realize that it's not how the stages look, but how they are executed that's important - which was different.<br> <blockquote>And also, your PC is probably old, so it can't handle XP. With it taking more resources, it also gives more out. </blockquote> <br>Gives more out? More eye-candy, you mean. XP taking more resources is mainly because of bloat, not features. Look at the latest Linux distributions which are comparable, which can still run on a 486.<br>I doubt very much I would like XP. It's silly to have to log in as if you were on a network, while being the only user, for example.

[LaconianShot]

<blockquote>The fact that you only knew basic knowledge about the game</blockquote> <br>A demo doesn't cover that much, but enough to make me form an opinion. Besides, I was questioning the level's graphical design, not level design.<br> <blockquote>Gives more out? More eye-candy, you mean. XP taking more resources is mainly because of bloat, not features.</blockquote> <br>No, I meant more resources and resource management. I like what XP has to offer, though I confess to liking my Win98 more.<br> <blockquote>I doubt very much I would like XP. It's silly to have to log in as if you were on a network, while being the only user, for example.</blockquote> <br>I believe thats an option, just like logging on to Win95 or 98 is an option. And you can't judge a system by that alone. Just try it out, and then I won't question your critsism in the least.

[Goldark]

XP=Spyware<p>That said, I USED xp for some time, until I got tired by it, disinstalled it, reinstalled my old trusty Win98SE, sure, win98 is less stable than XP, but is so much lighter, also, XP has this annoying feature of being so much intrusive into MY decision about what to keep active (services and the such), what to change and so on. I mean, why I have to confirm every frigging time I change somnething into the configuration, <b>I</b> changed it why should it have to ask me? Why it sends out my personal datas like what I see around the net, waht type of computer I have and so on? Why it have to be incompatible with so much software? Why is SO difficult to uninstall useless crap like MSN? Lately I came to a source of information about how make it lighter and how to uninstall things, so I'm thinking about puttig it in place as my secondary os, costantly offline, just for problematic games (too much unstable under win98).

[Benoit]

I only saw your post now.<br> <blockquote>A demo doesn't cover that much, but enough to make me form an opinion. Besides, I was questioning the level's graphical design, not level design. </blockquote> <br>Like I said, graphical design doesn't matter as long as it's a good level design. Besides, the graphical design is still varied enough. I've played all the major Sonic games, except for Sonic Adventure 2, and except for the very first stage (maybe, don't remember) and the casino, it didn't look that much to stages from other Sonic games.<br> <blockquote>No, I meant more resources and resource management. I like what XP has to offer, though I confess to liking my Win98 more. </blockquote> <br>Why would it have better management if it requires more resources to be used? Doesn't make sense. I could just as well just upgrade my computer.<br> <blockquote>I believe thats an option, just like logging on to Win95 or 98 is an option. And you can't judge a system by that alone. Just try it out, and then I won't question your critsism in the least.</blockquote> <br>I have yet to see an XP system to not have the "Log off" option and other network stuff.<br>And to me that is enough to put me off. Because I want an OS that behaves and looks closely to what I want. And if there's no option to disable logging in, it will put me off greatly.<br>This, by the way, is one of the many typical things of having Asperger's Syndrome. I greatly dislike change, and it makes me uncomfortable.

[LaconianShot]

<blockquote>Why would it have better management if it requires more resources to be used? Doesn't make sense. I could just as well just upgrade my computer.</blockquote> <br>That does make sense, but you seem to be missing my point. <br> <blockquote>I greatly dislike change, and it makes me uncomfortable.</blockquote><br>Yes, as does it to me. However, I don't bash something until I try it...that's one of my own principals. Like I said, I still like my win98 the best (it's familiar to me, is basically why) but XP is still a good system, though it's not for everyone.<br>Do you notice that things like this always end up with both of us arguing? Just wondering if you did...

[Lord Khyron]

And the message count just bloats and bloats..<p>Disagreement is good, But when you try to FORCE the other person to conform to your beliefs, problems occur.<p>Let's play nice children and stop the arguing. Neither of you will convince the others to begin with.<p>and if I can't argue with people or bitch about typos to raise my message count, Why the hell should someone else!<p>LOL, and so I speak..<p>And remember: Man Stand on toilet, He be high on pot.<p>My words of wisdom for the day!<br><p>[size=small][Edit by Lord Khyron on [TIME]1083200050[/TIME]][/size]

[Benoit]

I just had to use XP to configure my sister's laptop's Internet connection. I now hate XP even more. Every parameter on that OS is carefully hidden away. If you try to find something, you have to look all over the place. In Win95/Win98, you could get to it quite easily.<br>The OS also treats the user like an idiot, showing tooltips for almost every single option. I loathe that. I'm not a n00b!

[Prince Noah]

Benny, your stupidness with XP never ceases to amaze me.<p> <blockquote>The OS also treats the user like an idiot, showing tooltips for almost every single option. I loathe that. I'm not a n00b!</blockquote> <p>OH MY GOD!!! Windows 95 has tooltips too! Why use it?! ~0 I fail to see how tooltips are so threatening, but you can whine and complain like a damned two year old all you want.<p> <blockquote>Every parameter on that OS is carefully hidden away. If you try to find something, you have to look all over the place. </blockquote> <p>Are you blind? It's right there.<p> <blockquote>In Win95/Win98, you could get to it quite easily.</blockquote> <p>Liar. You obviously just bash XP because you're jealous.<p>Now I switched to XP, and I'm a VERY happy man. As I said, the computer ONLY does what you tell it to. Otherwise, take it back. :p<br><p>[size=small][Edit by Prince Noah on [TIME]1090399456[/TIME]][/size]