I also play a lot of games and I run them all on Win2K with no problems. Diablo II, Baldur's Gate II, Call to Power II, Noone Lives Forever, The Sims, System Shock II, Quake III, Black and White, Zeus, EverQuest, Anarcy Online, and Strip Poker Deluxe all run on my machine. It was a concern of mine when I choose Win2K that I might have problems with games, but my concerns have proved to be unfounded. Mike --- > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Jason DeStefano > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 6:52 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Total OT: Playing games > > > To answer your question of why ME....plain and simple, that is > MS's consumer game platform. A couple years ago the rumour > was that MS was discontinuing win98 and going all NT/2000 > completely, even for home users and games. Eventually they > changed their minds and created 98se and now ME because > NT or 2000 just doesnt work well for the avid gamer. NT is a > horrible game platform (yes, many games will work but many > will not), while ME will still run all games including many legacy > games. Case in point, I have a laptop for work that i had win98 > on for a long time and short of putting a gun to my head my > company made me upgrade to their standard w2k image. The > IBM Crappad laptop no longer has 3D video support and I > can use it to play the games i used to play before on it (and > I might add its a LOT slower). Yes, its an IBM issue with drivers > but it illusrates that fact that good game-video drivers for w2k > is not a priority of video card mfgrs right now. Efficient use > of the OS for games sometimes requires free access to low- > level functions of the OS and w2k "guards" those functions > for security reasons--which we dont need at home. > > I still use win98se at home because I'm an avid gamer (and for > my regular computer uses). My installation of 98se is extremely > stable and performs very well. I dont care that it takes 2-3 > minutes to boot because under normal use i only need to > reboot it once every week or longer. I've always gone with the > idea "dont install tons of junk on your computer". Im definately > not a MS fan, but if their os is used correctly it does work to > an acceptable level. I for one will not upgrade until programs > *I* need to use will no longer work on 98se. If it aint broke, dont > fix it! If the OS still works, dont upgrade it!