xp can run all games you want to play on it. cause xp has an option that lets you run different software under different modes. like say win98 mode, win2k mode, win95 mode and even dos mode if i remember correctly its been awhile since i have used xp but i believe its pretty easy to do. but for xp you best to have atleast 256Mb ram perferably 512 but 256 would be fine. hope this helps

I'm afraid that's not quite right.

Windows XP will operate most games, either with compatibility mode or with the use of official or unofficial 'patches' for the games, but it will not run all of them, unfortunately.

Thanks again for the responses, I have made the dual boot. It needs a lot of Virtual Mem to work though. But at the moment it's only slowing down the start-up. The games are working fine in W98, so no problem there

In WinXP, I found that compatibility mode your talking about. It's in the Fast-Menu------->properties and then on the tab compatibility. It works on 2 out of 5 games so far. But I haven't tried win9x/Me modes yet. But perhaps they'll work in those.

Indeed as all of you are saying, what is needed is an upgrade of the Ram and I think I'll go on 512 MB. DDR SDRAM. It says in the motherboard manual that it'll work.

It's an big improvement; I have now 2 GB's left on C: and 14 GB's on the D: drive!

All, thank you for the support, You've been a great help.

I use WinXP Pro for everything. I code ASP/SQL and run IIS and MSSQL Server on my computer during the day, then when i need a break i play a bunch of online games. Some really old and some new. I even play some old Win 95 and 98 games sometimes, they all run fine.

The only time it crashes is when i create some bad code when im working (OOPS!), hehe :rolleyes:

I have used just about every OS (including linux) except for Windows 2003 (even though i have it). So far i love Win XP Pro the most. It might be a little big, but i think its worth it.

Install Freebsd with the kind of resources you mentioned that is the best. Next best option is Linux.
Both these have it own set of games.
I am not game expert but you do have stuff like doom on Linux.

Regards
Amar

I think they have doom on linux, i'm not sure... But I think I've played with it when i was fooling around on my college's linux system... but that was ages ago...

Yes. doom is GPL'd ...

Amar

Windows XP is going to be the easiest choice to run with. You can for linux if you are more advanced but it is less compatible with some hardware/software etc.

Any particular reason for not liking Linux? I am a great Fan of Linux as OS and I like it the most.

Windows XP would be a better choice.. I would like to choose the vista for you but you only have 128 RAM..