who needs a straight razor...

[Phallacy]

You could dual boot Windows XP with Windows 7, but you have to install XP first, methinks.

[BruceCM]

Why on earth you'd want that dual boot option is a mystery! W7 is so much better than XP...

[Phallacy]

Why on earth you'd want that dual boot option is a mystery! W7 is so much better than XP...

Legacy gaming and software.

[Frolic_Fun]

I find Windows 7 to be better for old games than XP. Call me crazy.

An example is this: Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 won't run properly on XP, but runs fine on Windows 7. Even in 64bit.

[Phallacy]

I find Windows 7 to be better for old games than XP. Call me crazy.

An example is this: Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 won't run properly on XP, but runs fine on Windows 7. Even in 64bit.

Not as good as Windows 98, however. I'm still waiting for DOSBox to properly emulate a Windows 98 environment, because no one else would do it.

[Queen Victoria]

From a swiss army type knife to computer gobbledegook.  Typical intensity

[BruceCM]

Yeah, via my sig! l  o  l

[Frolic_Fun]

I find Windows 7 to be better for old games than XP. Call me crazy.

An example is this: Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 won't run properly on XP, but runs fine on Windows 7. Even in 64bit.

Not as good as Windows 98, however. I'm still waiting for DOSBox to properly emulate a Windows 98 environment, because no one else would do it.

XP isn't as good as 98 either. This is due to XP onwards using the NT kernel and thus cutting ties with DOS for the most part. Windows ME, 98, 95 etc. worked so well because they were basically shells over a DOS environment.

It's very difficult to get certain old Windows games to run on any NT-based OS due to this lack of DOS integration. DOSBox won't work too well because it's aimed at DOS games and was never built for emulating Windows.

The only really good options for running old Windows games properly is Virtualbox/VMware.

[Phallacy]

I find Windows 7 to be better for old games than XP. Call me crazy.

An example is this: Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 won't run properly on XP, but runs fine on Windows 7. Even in 64bit.

Not as good as Windows 98, however. I'm still waiting for DOSBox to properly emulate a Windows 98 environment, because no one else would do it.

XP isn't as good as 98 either. This is due to XP onwards using the NT kernel and thus cutting ties with DOS for the most part. Windows ME, 98, 95 etc. worked so well because they were basically shells over a DOS environment.

It's very difficult to get certain old Windows games to run on any NT-based OS due to this lack of DOS integration. DOSBox won't work too well because it's aimed at DOS games and was never built for emulating Windows.

The only really good options for running old Windows games properly is Virtualbox/VMware.

The only viable solution for properly running the majority of PC games made from 1995-2000 is to run them on an actual Windows 98 machine from the era that has SoundBlaster and a 3dfx card. Period.

[midlifeaspie]

FUCKIN A

DAMN STRAIGHT

[Frolic_Fun]

I find Windows 7 to be better for old games than XP. Call me crazy.

An example is this: Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 won't run properly on XP, but runs fine on Windows 7. Even in 64bit.

Not as good as Windows 98, however. I'm still waiting for DOSBox to properly emulate a Windows 98 environment, because no one else would do it.

XP isn't as good as 98 either. This is due to XP onwards using the NT kernel and thus cutting ties with DOS for the most part. Windows ME, 98, 95 etc. worked so well because they were basically shells over a DOS environment.

It's very difficult to get certain old Windows games to run on any NT-based OS due to this lack of DOS integration. DOSBox won't work too well because it's aimed at DOS games and was never built for emulating Windows.

The only really good options for running old Windows games properly is Virtualbox/VMware.

The only viable solution for properly running the majority of PC games made from 1995-2000 is to run them on an actual Windows 98 machine from the era that has SoundBlaster and a 3dfx card. Period.

But you implied using your own machine.