My mojo ain't workin. Well.
The old NT needs a re-build. It's getting kinda funky & unstable, can't run MJ8, and just plain time.
My thoughts on (MS) OS in (current) order of preference, please advise:
1. Win98SE: PRO: The beast that I know. Stable for what it is, highly compatable, middle of the road, good for the next couple of years. CON: No NTFS, about to be killed.
2. Win2000Pro: Logical upgrade from NT, but is it worth the learning curve?
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8. WinXP: Too new still? Hold the old NT install together and wait for ServicePack_X?
9. WinME: Just Win98SE with new bugs and mug-the-user 'features' from MS.
The machine is a Dell Dimension with PIII 500, 256mb, SB Live, AT I32mb AGP video, and I want to wring the maximum performance and stability from the platform w/o upgrading hardware. And play and burn happily w/ MJ.
This might not seem like the right forum for this discussion, but given the fervor that y'all bring to the religious nature of what we tend to discuss, it fits.
Come one, come all, render an opinion.
-E